Poem Of The Month: March 2013

MAPPA MUNDI

bogey men, ogres, goblins, bad witches,

poltergeists, zombies, demons and ghouls,

all out to get you at night in the forest

on the edge of awareness

here be dragons

arsonists, muggers, perverts, pimps,

slave traders, lechers, assassins and goons

watching for prey at the edge of the city

on dimly lit streets

here be dragons

terrorist bombers, insurgents, militias,

saboteurs, anarchists, pirates, al-Qa’ida,

plotting our downfall in cities and skyways

in faraway caves

here be dragons

sabre-toothed tigers, coyotes and spiders,

vampires and scorpions, caymans and snakes

haunting our dreams with a riot of meaning

DNA sequences

here be dragons

foreigners, strangers, the homeless, the crazies,

beggars, the screamers and little green men

lurk in dark doorways in treacherous shadows

inside our heads

here be dragons