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Transposition was a poem I wrote while contemplating the ancient civilizations of South and Central America.
Content Type: Poetry Singles
Content Created: Spring of 2001.
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I speak of tongues long since lost
Of supple breasts splashed in exotic woodruff
For the virgins sacrificed on primeval altars
Whose steps are drenched in prepubescent red
And the self-proclaimed deity heralding
From above the servant's sun
A gospel of reveled maxims
Of events that transpired against us
My lips smack with the sulfuric residue
Left behind by a Conquistador's musket
His kiss for her ravaged temple of body and land
She exuded somnolence and melancholy spirits
Her humor drained of its black bile
She whispered a dry and porous prayer
Of events that transpired against us