Butcher Birds - Lo!

A tailored dread

Keeps insects at prayer

Dull witted worms captives of terror

This blind faith is indefensible

Meek is our herd

All the more malleable

Praise our western bliss

Raise our glutton kids

Kept in fear paralysis

Scapegoats and witch lists

Praise our western bliss

This horse with blinders on

Theatre of war

Butcher birds

Play out our gruesome acts

Mouth of coal

Skin of ash

Pretty as the crucifix

The banker’s pawns

We bowerbirds

Use death to line our nests

Wings of lead souls of dirt

Pretty as the crucifix

Stripped naked exposed you’ll be thankful

Home grown demon

Stripped naked exposed

Willingly we succumb shepherd us

Dull witted worms captives of a tailored dread

Bow down now stay mute and loyal