By Marko Vesin

see the violets afire
nailed to walls of granite
three virgins walk the desert
their arms cut lengthwise
their wrists bound
and they will see

                         know

                         trust

                         reveal

                         be

                         crowd

                         lust

                         feel

 

bestial passions
celestial sacrifice
walking on dead steps
fighting for burial mounds
speaking in foreign tongues
dancing on hallowed ground1

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1 Lyrical extract from ‘Walking on Dead Steps’ by SPK.