Reply to Thomas Bot’s ‘Ode to Regret’

what we call decay
is a bouquet

of still bodies
birthed from orgies

by monsters & cyborgs
and still born in morgues.

verily, the black monk
serves chipmunk

meat to the black pope
bathing without soap,

tunneling right above the throne.
aren’t we all alone

in this together?
you judge the weather!

in truth; there’s no win
no beast mark to begin

with – prayers ruptured
spines heal and angered

lions become vegetarians
monks back to barbarians.

Younglan Talyoung