Gary Edward Geraci

Relapse

Fierceness yet folly of Friday night riots

Has me reaching for bands of my past like Slayer,

Slipknot and raging songs about \'angels of

Death\' and places \'south of heaven.\' I get angrier

With each passing verse and more violent my pulse

Playing \'pulse of the maggots\' raising my

Blood pressure beyond a safe \'threshold,\' the volume

Increasing, my face contorted, scowling, \'nero forte.\'

 

Plunging, I\'ve plunged into the depths of darkness, a relapse

Into \'Gehenna\' I\'ve now experienced, falling

Downward, driven by ‘daily dialogue’ to

Feel as you feel, to understand your freefall,

Only to come up again gasping, grasping for Light

Cause \'a saint is a sinner\' who tries and keeps trying.

 

Gary Edward Geraci