So Far Less Then Human

give me mourning in this nexus of stars
one separated from the other
by a billion miles
can we combine? Would we die? Can we chase
each other across the darkness
to feel?
to see our own reflection
and something, desperately different
real
the blood in the hands
it hurts so bad
does anyone remember?
unveil the monster, the freak, the inhuman
trapped deep in the carnival
kept away from the breathing
people
do we have wild cats inside? Lions?
or eagles, vultures? Screaming wizards
and muttering seers
their eyes bright and distant
speaking of the horizon
it is coming
welcome us to the dead, o dead, reach out
your cold grips
you mob
with no hearts
watch you walk, watch you fall
sputtering down the void
screaming
until you bear wings
and cry
for someone, anyone else
"give it another, doctor"
the shocks on the chest
the heart beat machine
take a knife and slice every story
history and news
off
your flesh
until you are reborn
from this old delusion
this coffin
from birth
from old