{"id":80,"date":"2016-06-25T03:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T03:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/staging\/?p=80"},"modified":"2019-03-18T06:26:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T06:26:48","slug":"poetry-george-elliott-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/poetry-george-elliott-clarke\/","title":{"rendered":"George Elliott Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Enoch 4: 1-18<\/h2>\n<p>God sculpted wenches way too well:<br \/>\nThus, even superior angels fell,<br \/>\nbrawling to inseminate<br \/>\nbeauties, and brats cultivate.<\/p>\n<p>Fast, they tutored Eve in Venus guile\u2014<br \/>\nthe tricks of mirrors, chimes, face-paints,<br \/>\nand how to tinkle to act arousing,<br \/>\nand how to bewitch, twitch, switch, and sway.<\/p>\n<p>Angel-schooled sluts pressed poisons,<br \/>\nspirited potions, out roots and leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, dirty angels tread down their harpies,<br \/>\nintermingled to whelp freaks\u2014<br \/>\nhalf-savages lusting for cunt or blood.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019illicit brood even eat up their own mothers,<br \/>\nstarting at crotch and ending at cap,<br \/>\nslurping blood, shit, piss\u2014a soup.<\/p>\n<p>Instructed in knives, spears, axes,<br \/>\nbows-and-arrows, the know-how of killing,<br \/>\nthe devil mongrels bred a race of Cains.<\/p>\n<p>Now, massacres grow so uninhibited,<br \/>\nthe globe rocks on its axis.<\/p>\n<p>Just by their breathing,<br \/>\nthe angels\u2019 carnal progeny<br \/>\nbruise grass,<br \/>\nturn orchards to dust.<\/p>\n<p>Every word here is scathingly forensic,<br \/>\nand explains exactly why Caliban bastards<br \/>\nmaim even their mamas.<\/p>\n<p>I ink no-bullshit Gospel:<\/p>\n<p>The evil, paternal angels,<br \/>\nwill be thrust down,<br \/>\nass-and-wing,<br \/>\ninto a volcanic abyss<br \/>\nstinking of sulphur\u2014<br \/>\nodor of <em>Corruption<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, those harlots who toss,<br \/>\ntwine, and fool with the septic angels,<br \/>\nwill get spitted on iron stakes,<br \/>\nriveted from anus to sinus,<br \/>\nthen pillared in flames.<\/p>\n<p>(Any bitches not burnt to bone and ash<br \/>\nwill be forced to breast-feed incisor-fanged rats.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Promise<\/em>!)<\/p>\n<p>Sinful folks are just dry hay\u2014<br \/>\nor faggots\u2014crackling,<br \/>\nunhappily,<br \/>\nin fire.<\/p>\n<p>Astonished and irritated to be dragged off,<br \/>\nsobbing (or not),<br \/>\npleading (or not),<br \/>\nthe wicked will be exhibited embarrassingly<br \/>\nwhile their genitals are <em>righteously <\/em>carved out,<br \/>\njaggedly clean,<br \/>\nright down to the pelvis bone.<\/p>\n<p>Goddamn,<br \/>\ny\u2019all are so evil, all I can do is weep!<\/p>\n<p><em>Shit<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Teardrop after teardrop\u2014like rain.<\/p>\n<p>[Montr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec) 14-15 <em>juin<\/em> mmxii]<\/p>\n<h2>Enoch<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">*<\/a> 7: 1-34<\/h2>\n<p>The Tablet of Heaven give out the true news.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s all I speak.<\/p>\n<p>(Book-learnin?&nbsp; Crookeds <em>Truth<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>I seen seven mountains<br \/>\nshinin gold and silver,<br \/>\nall meltin in a sky-high inferno.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I seen seven mountains,<br \/>\nstacked one atop the other,<br \/>\ncrumple down into lava and smoke,<br \/>\nand a flood of soot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fuck<\/em>!&nbsp; Earth was shakin;<br \/>\nno one could stand it.<\/p>\n<p>A star plummets,<br \/>\nturns canine, grows fangs,<br \/>\ngobbles down strayed sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Now heaven quakes:<br \/>\nEvery angel and saint\u2014<br \/>\nthe 100,000 top-dogs\u2014<br \/>\ngotta shiver.<\/p>\n<p>Concussions tremble and cripple the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>God must wanna wreck the whole world.&nbsp;<br \/>\nI beg Him to spare up a \u201cRemnant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I gotta beg damn hard,<br \/>\ncos God kills foully everyone<br \/>\nfoulin up The Commandments:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t erect no statues<br \/>\nof clay, lead, silver, or tin:<br \/>\nJust don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t smelt no gods!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Etc<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>The angel of <em>Abortion<\/em> is gonna feel sorry for his self;<br \/>\nhe gonna holler.<\/p>\n<p>The angel who tricked Eve,<br \/>\nand then plied mankind with weaponry<\/p>\n<p>(thus teaching <em>Seduction<\/em> and <em>Slaughte<\/em>r),<\/p>\n<p>is gonna feel some <em>Inquisition<\/em> torture<\/p>\n<p>(make him shit out his heart).<\/p>\n<p>The angel, <em>Penemue<\/em>, who taught everyone<br \/>\nhoneyed words, bullshit words,<br \/>\nand the false mirrors of paper and ink,<br \/>\nwill weep tears that cut into his cheeks<br \/>\nso blood streaks down his chin.<\/p>\n<p>Come <em>Judgment<\/em>, the moon won\u2019t wax or wane timely;<br \/>\npure downpour will wash out harvests.<\/p>\n<p>Pus will piss down,<br \/>\npoxin all bare skin.<\/p>\n<p>Cry all ya want!<br \/>\nHere\u2019s the deal:<\/p>\n<p>Water leaps down;<br \/>\ndeserts lap it up\u2014at first.<\/p>\n<p>North winds shed hail, rain, frost.<br \/>\nDew-saturated dust turns to clay.<\/p>\n<p>Cataracts thunder, inundating cities.<br \/>\nDark water erases villages.<\/p>\n<p>The drowned bloat, float:<br \/>\nEach face turns a maggot boat.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Lamech and spouse beget Noah:<br \/>\nWhen his beautiful eyes open,<\/p>\n<p>light bathes all of <em>Creation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>God endorses Noah:<br \/>\n\u201cYour lot do no <em>Crime<\/em>;<br \/>\ny\u2019all can breathe air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus, that one boat wafts, but elephants,<br \/>\ngiraffes, camels, asses, and horses drown deep.<\/p>\n<p>When the Flood dries, land appears.<br \/>\nThe zoo ship beaches, then light reaches down.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, just as in Genesis 1,<br \/>\nbeasts and birds usher forth beasts and birds.<\/p>\n<p>Busily multiplying (again) are lions, tigers,<br \/>\nwolves, dogs, wild boars, piranha, <em>et cetera<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Fools get busy committing<br \/>\nfresh <em>Crime<\/em> and <em>Oppression<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the unimaginable slaughter that be the Flood,<br \/>\n<em>Iniquity<\/em> flowers anew.<\/p>\n<p>In this Book of Enoch, all the described<br \/>\nwho are destroyed,<br \/>\nare destroyed just as described.<\/p>\n<p><em>Watch out<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h6>[Niagara Falls (New York) 30 <em>juin<\/em> mmxii]<br \/>\n<\/h6>\n<p><!--nextpage--><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Samson IV&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Samson denounces Delilah:<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHer eyes rest on her knees,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>while her ankles rest on my back;<br \/>\nher scalding tears are grease<br \/>\nthat prettify\u2014polish\u2014her rack.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u201cHer limbs writhe against mine<br \/>\ntil I\u2019m petrified\u2014in crisis:<br \/>\nNo dead-ass fuck!&nbsp; Bottom-line:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Her love demands highest prices!<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\u201cHer <em>Love<\/em> means <em>Torture<\/em>:<br \/>\nThe grievous, blues sylph has a scythe<br \/>\nfor a tongue; her mouth\u2019s sure<br \/>\n<em>Truth<\/em>\u2019s abyss, <em>Peril<\/em>\u2019s vent; lies\u2014lithe.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA nocturnal face, her<br \/>\neyes abrupt, she\u2019s no debutante\u2014<br \/>\nwith egg-shell heart, tender<br \/>\ntits.&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Her hips\u2014so malignant\u2014<\/li>\n<li>\u201cdid swagger under mine<br \/>\nunder pewter moon, copper sun,<br \/>\nto morals undermine:<br \/>\nNo useless aches!&nbsp; Pains?&nbsp; There were none!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMature and always ripe,<br \/>\nher cunt\u2019s <em>Hunger<\/em>\u2014agreeable<br \/>\nas is a rare blood-type<br \/>\nin saliva\u2014took no morsel<\/li>\n<li>\u201cof cock. Her puckered sex\u2014<br \/>\nas nubile as flute notes\u2014needed<br \/>\nfucking\u2014no disconnects,<br \/>\nbut sassy, squirming, stampeded<\/li>\n<li>\u201cpenis, until her back<br \/>\nbroke bed-straw and her ass broke wind,<br \/>\nand I groaned in the sack,<br \/>\nunhappy to obtain my end.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHer eyes rest on her knees,<br \/>\nwhile her ankles rest on my back;<br \/>\nher scalding tears are grease<br \/>\nthat prettify\u2014polish\u2014her rack\u2026.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[Roissy-en-France (France) 7\/9\/16]<\/p>\n<h3>David (Excerpt from II Samuel 11) &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>True: I savoured that head-turning slut,<br \/>\nthe bent-back bitch\u2014<br \/>\nUriah\u2019s wife\u2014<br \/>\nher neck like pouring milk.<\/li>\n<li>I called out to her from my rooftop,<br \/>\nfor I eyed her, bathing,<br \/>\nand didn\u2019t she leap to sleep with her king?!!<\/li>\n<li>Her clean-robe parted slyly: No panties.<\/li>\n<li>Her dark-lace bustier opened wide:<br \/>\nI eyed her Niagara-foam-white breasts.<\/li>\n<li>Easily, her pursed snacker<br \/>\nsnapped open to my kiss.<br \/>\nHer sex came suddenly sopping to my jaws.<\/li>\n<li>Quick, I got down to eating:<br \/>\nThat Chinese International Student tasted<br \/>\ntangy as spicy donair meat.<\/li>\n<li>My body came at her as rubber made iron\u2014<br \/>\ntough or soft scraps\u2014<br \/>\ndainties she could engorge\u2014<br \/>\nuntil my manhood outsretched milk,<br \/>\nplastering her nether hairs,<br \/>\nand the sound of her ass<br \/>\nwas like a sax burp.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019d thought I\u2019d fucked her ass off\u2014<br \/>\nin all that jostling.<br \/>\nNo, not at all.<br \/>\nSweat renovated the bed.<\/li>\n<li>Roses, stains, fountains, poppies, stones,<br \/>\nher collapsed husband, her fallen husband,<br \/>\nvineyards, olive trees, a cemetery plot,<br \/>\nvegetable plots, a battlefield, a quarry, cacti,<br \/>\nthe conviviality of an assassination<br \/>\nmasquerading as a battlefield accident,<br \/>\nhairpin turns, the fetus\u2014ours\u2014twisting<br \/>\nwithin Bathsheba\u2019s belly\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Natch\u2014our illicit kisses<br \/>\nimped God to cripple us with curses:<br \/>\nHer womb was better a grave\u2014<br \/>\ncos I stuck hubby Uriah in his bitter grave.<\/li>\n<li>Yeah, by fucking Bathsheba,<br \/>\nI fucked me up badly.<\/li>\n<li>My one saving grace?<br \/>\nChilde Solomon to this Dark Tower\u2019s come.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[Pisa &amp; Vallelonga &amp; San Nicola da Crissa (Italia)<\/p>\n<p>10 &amp; 13 <em>mai<\/em> mmxvi]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">*<\/a> Tits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Enoch 4: 1-18<\/strong><br \/>\nGod sculpted wenches way too well:<br \/>\nThus, even superior angels fell,<br \/>\nbrawling to inseminate<br \/>\nbeauties, and brats cultivate.<\/p>\n<p>Fast, they tutored Eve in Venus guile\u2014<br \/>\nthe tricks of mirrors, chimes, face-paints,<br \/>\nand how to tinkle to act arousing,<br \/>\nand how to bewitch, twitch, switch, and sway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}