Carnival of Ghouls (Valkyrie)<\/p>\n
Perplexed by the spectacle frightening,
\nThe dreary masses experience enlightening,
\nPunishment for lives spent crying, self- entitling,
\nI step forth from the shadows with sharp senses heightening.<\/p>\n
\u2018Roll up, roll up,\u2019 my carnivalesque display to appease,
\nYour dreadful need for expressionistic debauchery,
\nMoonlit shimmers on leg\u2019s rifle\u2019s savagery,
\nCowering minions losing their bravery.<\/p>\n
\u2018Come see the man-made, human spectacle,
\nForm of woman fused with machine so delectable,\u2019
\nWith triumph in gait, so not to displease,
\nI raise my leg to the art so collectible.<\/p>\n
Huddling in, panic awry,
\nMy errant gaze catches up with your black, refined eye.
\nOne move swift, the first round released,
\nA handful of ghouls join the deceased.<\/p>\n
Greying concrete painted with crimson fuel,
\nForces mice to run from the hawk,
\nShowtime for my body\u2019s renewal,
\nMy prey I start to stalk.<\/p>\n
Lash of whip strikes,
\nTwitching bodies fall,
\nAs if recently interred.
\nLash of whip strikes,
\nTearing flesh from the ghouls,
\nAnd breaking up the putrid herd.<\/p>\n
Culling rife, for you to see,
\nAnother blazing round,
\nProjectiles and whip,
\nRocket from me,
\nFoxes to the hound.<\/p>\n
Inhuman humanity,
\nPouring debris,
\nIntestines and blood hand in hand.
\nInhuman humanity,
\nLittle is left of me,
\nAs my destiny is carved in the sand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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