The enigma of now (written with John Sweet)

That there are
dead men
clawing their way up
to sunlight
even now

shredding flesh
on black-boned rocks
that grind new age crystals
into ancient dust
as they pass

men of the future
you understand

able to live on the
blood
of battered wives

on the unshed tears
of suicides

while maggots worm their way
through the politics of living
it is the men of the past
that haunt you
leave you shaking

past and future collide
and in the insanity between
what was and what will be
the present is screaming

and you are left
wondering
just what
you have
become

-gary jurechka and john sweet

1998

(Note:This is a collaboration piece by both authors listed and should be credited as such).