LAMENTATION

IN THE BLACK COSTUME AND
SCYTHE SHARPENED
THE EXECUTIONER OF THE UNDERWORLD

curled up in a pit of black water
and like Hydra in the waters of Lerna
somewhere in our entrails he is hidden

Accomplices and partners
Heavens not listening
voices to no avail
in the silence of Hades
the Grim Reaper’s only care
is to take the two coins
All the same for rich and poor

WATERS WITHOUT RETURN
THE BOAT HASTILY DESCENDS
INTO THE DARKNESS.