MALEVOLENT MENTAL MAELSTROM

inside me cranium
toady, an amphibious December 19^th
twenty twenty one sinisterly drum
intonating forty five orbitz one bum

graduated as hard school of knocks alum.

Fiendish and gruesome phantasmagoric denizens
dwell deep inside subterranean vault

perform an evil dance
haunt psychic landscape

with imaginary (yet realistic)
gargoyle visitations cast macabre trance
nocturnal unconscious invaders

cavort and gallivant
disturb quiescent sleep

with devilish and sinister prance.

Apparitions crept stealthily

into peaceful slumber receptacle
repository whence illusory

landscape of dreams
take place to rejuvenate

exhausted body, mind and spirit triage
rent asunder blissful sleep with

a startled fright
cold sweat drenched

nighttime garments and bedding
teeth chattered uncontrollably
heart pounded loudly inside chest
nightmarish phantoms wrought

an awful ghoulish sight.

Mushroom cloud anniversary triggered

frenzied gargantuan hallucination
fifty-eight plus years ago today inauguration

into atomic age took place
one country after another sought

to acquire demonic and destruction devices
maintain self-preservation in

surreal atomic weapons race
impossible to escape the dark threat

looms and threatens life on Earth
one launched missile spells extermination
across entire global space.

No escape from humankind military machines
munitions march mean madness

and guaranteed demise to all life
Homo Sapiens violent history of bias,
intolerance and/or prejudice
characterizes vicious warfare

and chronic species strife
unaffordable legacy for future

(and perhaps alien) archeologists,
who will sift thru civilization debris

with delicate knife.

Artifacts buried in a heap

of pulverized and radioactive ash
civilization monuments

and hedonistic symbols

gone in a blinding brilliant flash
irksome flotsam and jetsam

spewed into outer space
alien nations light years distant

collect miniscule bits and pieces
offer object lesson as extinction for beings

that become excessively brash.