Monday, October 21, 2019

Walpurgisnacht

Is America turning her back
on the Enlightenment beliefs she was founded upon?—
on the eve of Walpurgisnacht.
We’re already putting sacks
over our heads so we won’t have to gaze upon
the corpse of America, who turned her back
on everyone who isn’t rich and white.
Does America know that the season
of the witch is drawing nigh—Walpurgisnacht.
in spades? That’s the night when all the black cats
walk under ladders and the grid is blown,
America lying on her back
in the middle of a murderous pillow fight.
We’ve all got one shoe off and one shoe on
in this dire dance of death, this Walpurgisnacht.
But let me declare, the Druids did all right
trying to hold their own against the Saxons.
America must get away
from being white!