The drone of impending rapture

Absolution

Fog hides the owl that
beacons the drone of
impending rapture for
mouse or vole or night-
foraging rabbit or moon-
skinned snake, question
by question as to whooo
it will be, the murmurous
cadence trancing stealth
to reveal itself as if called
to rise before a taloned lord
of absolution that promises
to raise up among dead
all who willfully concede
to be lifted. Thus, I stand
ready at the window, fog
for a heaven, feathers my
salvation, devourance a
just and graced reward.

Joseph Gallo
September 3, 2012