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[Culture] war crows

Ross Bender
Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:38:42 -0800

war crows



crows in the palm trees
crows in the pines
crows on dead branches
at the end of time



crows in the mountains
crows on the plain
crows in the winter
guiding the train



crows in the valleys
crows on high
conqueroo crows
shout the battle cry



big black birds
shout the warning caw
twenty-foot wingspan
shock and awe



big birds telling me
when to fly
twenty-foot wingspan
carry me high



guardian birds
in the midst of battle
crows that dance and
crows that rattle



powerful birds 
fly high before me
crows in Hokkaido
and in Aomori



great black birds
on the bright white snow
crows beside me
wherever I go



crows on my shoulder
crows in my brain
big war crows
fly beside the train



crows on the rivers
crows on the ice
messenger crows
warning me twice



thunder crows signal
the end of the world
caw caw caw
black wings unfurled



higher and higher
the black crows fly
spinning and spitting
at the evil eye



over the mountains
where the devils hide
caw caw caw caw 
battle crows glide



twenty-foot wingspan
power me higher
calling out the evil ones
devils and liars



thirty seven battle crows
beginning the dance
grandfather crows
supernatural trance



calling out the zombies
calling the undead
malevolent ghosts
whirl around my head



seventeen thunder crows
winging on line
caw caw caw
at the end of time



flocks and gaggles
from east and west
mothers and babies
fly from the nest



zombies and dead ones
spinning in the air
exorcist crows
will destroy them there



evil ones pullulate
crawl upon the earth
battle crows destroy them
as they`re giving birth



harrowing hell
and the devil`s lair
cawing and spitting
destroying them there



thunder crows dance
on the edge of tomorrow
purging the pain
banishing sorrow



crows without pity
glorious and free
no more demons
in the old pine tree



caw caw caw caw
thunder crows glide
carry me up
where the devils can`t hide


--Ross Bender
http://rosslynnbender.org/nikki.html
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