What think you of the Beggar's Triumph?

Question

Cruelty. Be not proud. You have kinged nothing

I did not give you royalty for.

Scepter...Sepulchre.

Banal. Dawnward splices Sun, Moon

Bouquets...

And the beggar sleeps uneasily under

Newspapers...cruelty remembered swiftly

At heart's end. Heart's beginning.

The full Moon echoes shadows longer than

Yesterday. Lethal as tomorrow.

Tonight, the parkbench cocoons, soothes...

What madness, cruelty? Did you stroke your

Balding ego vainly, denying angles of Truth?

What pride lured you into yourself...a mirror

Monster fanged dripping.

What anger, what revenge?

And how screeching the laughter that buried

You under the

Beggar's

Bench...

Agnus Dei!

Answer 1

I'm with TD and Elaine on this one. As ever, I bow to your prowess.

Answer 2

I can add nothing to what others have said.   thank you.

Answer 3

Lamb of God...quite an ending line.  The twists of fate, often brought on by self.  The beggar unnoticed but still remembered by some that indeed may join.  Well said.

Answer 4

Wow! strong under tow, "Balding ego"  

I often wonder, who feeds who strokes, others egos, and why they do so, Do ego strokers ever wise up.

Kudos.

Answer 5

Amen to what TD said...

Answer 6

THAT is how it is done, boys and girls!

Answer 7

This is the black tulip U 'v just added to marvel the bouquet of flowers, from Elys-Land Garden.. NO MORE WORDS!

Answer 8

I like your subtle nod to Death Be Not Proud by John Donne.

It's a good poem. I like this sequence for its sonics:

Scepter...Sepulchre.

Banal. Dawnward splices Sun, Moon

Bouquets...

Answer 9

That could end up being any of us