With your usual casual flair

You have shocked me

with the news of an experiment

to be conducted with dare

On our separate quests

for pastures new, partners few

You have rocked me

O’ prince of horizon of the east

Have your feast for now, but buyer beware

Do you know what is amiss out there?

I have read, the Book of The Dead

that tells me of a curse most dread

that befalls on those

with weakness of heart and head

and may the counterfeit freedom

be your guide to despair and forfeit

your place in Orion I swear

You have mocked me