an incessant drip continuously fallin'
an echoing sound constantly callin'
reflection of life's pining twilight
of frostbitten soul's aweary plight
accurse tempest in a teapot scorn
arrant waves abhorrently forlorn.

a blithe crepuscular spirit austere
befalls the contrite heart unaware
concentric noise of inherent desire
of irreverent fiery hailstones afire
anathemized torchlight often inure
awash in aphoric thoughts impure.

a bete noire contumacious within
eschewing temperance ere it begins
an umbra neither bound nor free
of losel sere specious flesh to be
sardonic nuance forever spurned
pious incense ephemeral burned.

a tenebrious nature trite yet vain
prodigal orgasmic turpitude bane
briefly quiescent malefic presence
of an obdurate temporal existence
dark effluvium of imminent death
an jejune conscience absent breath.

a mendacious inutile abstinent call
afore humanity's erst ill-fated fall
into darkness' ever-yawning abyss
of modernity's errant heart's remiss
willfully inveigled into going along
swept away by fantasy's fatal song.

a feckless opprobrious monument
to man's indomitable will's decent
beyond the grave's mindless sleep
the altar of never was endless deep
finite victim's of salacious greed
without a hope of which to heed.