a moonlight hex

the pitter patter of 
death drops
on a rusty 
tin roof
that leaks
through
and dampens the
dirt floor
beneath 
his feet.

the deadly pitter patter
knocks in time
to the drops
drip drip dripping
to the dirt,
making mud
beneath 
his feet.

a chicken bone,
a thimbleful of blood,
and moonstone
ground to dust.

whiskey in a cracked mug,
and the smooth sound
of the Devil
singing
in the swamp
beyond the beams
of an old,
run down shack
leaking drip drip
the sorrow from
the sky.
tonight, 
someone's going to die 
with the voodoo.

a chicken bone,
a thimbleful of blood,
and moonstone
ground to dust.

whiskey in a cracked mug,
stained with blood,
and the gentle hum
as the Devil 
moans in the swamp
under a weeping sky
just beyond
the creaking
beams
that hold up
a leaky tin roof
covered in rusty blood.

a cracked mug of whiskey
catching the blood tears
that drown through
the rusty tin roof
from a wounded sky.
and tonight someone's 
going to die
from the voodoo
as the Devil
swoons 
the moon
that writhes
in a weeping sky
and make all those wrongs
seem
all right.