He stops his ears. The father reads.

The roulette bets on Kodachrome.

He shuts his eyes. The mother pleads.

The beaten child will torture grown.

The enigma machine encrypts

the auto mat’s bright shoddy toy.

Revolving doors claim checks regress.

Muybridge beatifies the boy.

He suffers to witness rebukes

of heretics who ride each hour,

from wheels in wheels stagger to puke.

Persecuted abuse their power.

Saint Stephen was stoned to death.

James and Paul got their heads cut off.

Saint Luke ended hanged by his neck.

A spear impaled Saint Thomas.

Phillip n’ Andrew hung on the cross.

Simon n’ Jude were nailed to the tree.

Head down Peter was crucified.

A halberd took Saint Matthew’s life.

James the Just was clubbed till he died.

Bartholomew was flayed alive.

Antipas was roasted in fire.

Saint Mark was dragged dead in the street.

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