18. Abundantly

Abundantly

do this thing and from this thing shall we eat bountifully

so, he disfigured fingers of a hand of a flailing child that it would beg a more compelling beg, its extended hand

do this thing he said

so, they stole and sold to rape, a young girl whose young pearls they’d string the neck of those a traveler’s check who’d pay a pearl’s price a young girl strung about their rape and necks

do this thing and from this thing shall we eat bountifully

so, they smite the sight of innocence a caustic scar for pity to see in horrid eyes from which pathos renders caesar’s darkness a bounty they would eat their plenty from

do this thing and from this thing shall we eat abundantly