Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Unreal Tournament

Stump pinks flutter.

Spiral tail’d,

Squeals of Pork echo.


The game thrown open,

gunshots and ricochets,

bursts of blood and rain.

The pinks flutter,

descend in a gyre.


Pigeons unleashed,

Salivating- they rocket

To where the gyre

ends in a thud.

-Cooing, they retrieve.


“Meat!” the decadent gamers cry.

It’s a take away.

Their wives howl back at home,

at wolves that wait patiently

For the gamers’

colonial return.

3 comments:

Gunjeet Sra said...

there are undertones of blake..pigeons..spiralling..chaos..good good, violent imagery nice, i like the wives bit it ads more drama to the already chaotic imagery wish u could make it tighter, try..theres scope for more impact

deshu said...

Their wives howl back at home,

at wolves that wait patiently

... d most beautiful line ive read in like mor dn 3 months...brilliant yaar

Prateek said...

@ gunjeet - if it reflects chaos, i have failed in what i was trying.

@ deshu - why thank you, my disturbed friend!