Marked = Scarred
“I shall gash myself all over. I shall tattoo myself.
I want to become as hideous as a Mongol. You’ll see.
I’ll go screaming through the streets.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud
Admit it. Geniuses are scarred, as are
Perverted men. If we combine the two
Conditions, what we get is weirdly far
From normal like an Islamist’s world view
Inside the Vatican, a painted black
Graffito up on Michaelangelo’s
Sistine ceiling, as ugly as a slack
Tar crescent, star and an imbecile’s prose.
Such men as these have tattoos in their souls.
Their inner shapes are tangled DNA/destinies
Installed by God. Each malformed heart controls
Their howling as/while they stalk our streets for prey./us as we freeze./us on our knees.
We need them. Empires they extend express
Our unknown dream, notched Lucifer’s caress.
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