The Breaking Of The Fast
The savage sacrifice
Has followed god's rules,
The animals suffered
In the morning cruel.
Now in the evening cool
They gather, hell's ghouls,
Blood dripping from their lips
Like red satanic jewels.
Submitted: December 24, 2017
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Interesting concept and it flowed nicely. Short and a little dark, I like it
Wed, February 27th, 2019 7:42am
Thanks for your comments Jezzy, the sacrifice of animals is certainly dark!
Wed, February 27th, 2019 11:14pm
I didn't laugh on this one. But I frowned...
Mon, May 20th, 2019 3:44pm
Thanks for your comment Derina, this is certainly not a funny poem, food for thought I hope!
Mon, May 20th, 2019 9:52pm
Certainly food for though, nicely done though
SB
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Thanks you sprinkly, see you on the ark!
Fri, March 13th, 2020 4:49am
It never ceases to amaze me why a supposed God that creates all living things would actually find some stupid human sacrificing its creations to venerate him as something good. He's gone to all of that effort, just to have its throat slit by moronic man.
I loved the last two lines, very visceral.
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Thanks very much for your comments Celtic, you certainly raise some good points!
Thu, April 9th, 2020 4:16pm
Cool quick poem with a powerful theme Tom
Yes sometimes I wonder who are the real animals ?
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Thanks Sharief, yes animals seem to better behaved then a lot humans, they don't kill for pleasure like we do, and I think they are treated very badly by us at times!
Tue, June 23rd, 2020 4:05pm
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Thanks for reading Joyce...
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Thanks Maria, humans do terrible things to animals!
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