Civilizations Alternative Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

Civilizations alternative
of night
when the stars fierce burn
and
the Band of the Cemetery Ants
plays to the moon
civilizations
when the skeletons and bones
afford not to stay quiet
rise
open the tombs and graves
yawning:
civilizations alternative
Duchess of the Night
of hollow eyes and rattling
chains
one after one
the chains rattle
the chains groan
the chains sparkle in the night
the chains pain and suffer
the chains experience gain
civilizations alternative