Status: In Progress

The Armed Man

Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God

Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft

I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below

Bury me in armour
When I'm dead and hit the ground
And hang my body
On show.