Ted Kennedy (in the land of the blind)

AUTUMN
BLOOD

Fall fall
Fall the leaves
As the blood-red Autumn
Sighs and grieves

For in the gentle
Blood-fed womb
Leaves are crushed
An Autumn tomb

“And the Word made Flesh”
For “excommunication”
But flesh wouldn’t say…
So exoneration.

Nor did flesh demand
Or articulate
Only “morally-bankrupt”
Not “excommunicate!”

So fall fall
Fall the leaves
The blood-red Autumn
Sighs and grieves

In the land of the blind
One-eyed man’s king
But on his head
Autumn blood will cling!

(may God have mercy on your soul)