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Ezekiel J. Krahlin
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SAINT GENIE SLAYS THE DRAGON-QUILT


©1998 by Ezekiel J. Krahlin


LIKE MADAME DEFARGE IN TALE OF TWO CITIES
(Or a witch 'side her cauldron, mumbling ditties),
Names-Prophet weavers crouch over their quilt
In reverence/worship/adulation of death,
And AIDS blood spilt.

LIKE OCTO-COLOSSUS 2,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
(Or black-widow web that is spun between eaves),
Maya's Quilt ensnares souls (not fish or butterfly),
With the allure of her glitter, her fabric, her dyes.

IS NOT SACRED LIFE WORTH MORE GLORY THAN DEATH?  YET...
Who receives such marvelous art while still in
      good health, good breath?
(Were this the case for every one, we would live forever
      in love 'neath Apollo's bright sun!)

SO THIS BEATIFIC DRAGON OF RICHLY COLORED FLUFF
I must slay with the sword of my pen,
Before she grows larger, and large enough
     to smother the world...
And to ensure (as I do adjure), that
     this shall never, ever happen
     again.


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