Canonized
by Korvus Korax / August 8th, 2021
The gaslighting of a gaslit nation
was dialed way up when at last
his satanic presence had passed;
was dialed up the day
a man who'd made devastation
his life's depraved mission
had “following a lengthy illness”
finally transitioned
and it was cranked up
to what seemed like eleven
when surreal reverential displays
of wholesale historical revision
took front centre stage
as the fiction-spinning stars
of an in-your-face parade
of despicably fanciful eulogies;
took centre stage for as long and as far
as the mercifully deceased
incomparable warmongering beast
was honoured and lionized
as a warrior for peace.
Swathed in layers
of still-damp-with-drool
sanctifying praise
unspooled
from insufferably effusive
impossibly fawning tributes
his body lay in state
a five-star send-off
for the great czar of hate
as whitewashing patriotic cant
was broadcast ad nauseam
and fetishized flags flew at half-mast
--- war's deplorable
untiring champion had finally passed
and long before the adoring
intensely contemptible adulatory hordes
of homage-paying sycophants had filed by
and his lustrous casket had been lowered
and the thundering salute had boomed
from the last of the black-barreled guns
the Prince of Darkness had already thrown
a welcome-home bash for his favorite son.
From his lofty perch near the top of the earth, Korvus observes the whirling world of humans, with equal parts wonder, disgust, and amusement. Korvus is the author of the unpublished book "RED PILL POEMS: The Poetry of Empire, Politics and Power" and may be reached at
ravenzroost@protonmail.com Read other articles by Korvus.
This article was posted on Sunday, August 8th, 2021 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.
