Babylonian lamentation
fiction
edward w pritchard
In the Babylonian courts of yore
remorse, regrets and anguish
could only be remonstrated
on the night of the full moon
once each month
and sometimes twice on a blue moon
ritual lamentation
brought sanity and order
tonight, like ancient forebears 2,500 years gone
methodically suffer I voluntary banishment
walking frozen lake in sub zero winds
aches in heart
frozen tear stained forlorn face
unheard echoed forgotten voice
bounces off lifeless satellite
never to return
through drawn curtains
moon casts no shadow
nor acknowledges lamentation
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