fire

the cog starts to grind.
my freedom lost to the mill.
life lost to despair.

by proxy a change.
the devil in cleric cloth.
the dance of facade.

pocket full of coins
is not enough for living.
need linen to wear.

the banker’s hands squeeze.
the red ledger slices deep.
i’m not blue blooded.

a murder of crows.
a parliament of owls judge.
freedom’s deathly throes.

cain before abel.
the first to spill human blood.
sadly not the last.