Faye Sizemore

THE PIPER’S FEES

Victims in the gulf
… woke up with
no water in their cups
and no rescue trucks
Is this true reality
Can it really be real…
the sights that they see?
Is there no cure
for what they endure
The cutting edge of it all
draws blood
and leaves the flow
so wet and red…
so the memory will be
until they are dead…
when wounds shall be bound
and payment comes around
… calculating… in their mind…
‘every deed is owed in kind’…