steel hooves oppress the dust underfoot
hollowed-out mockery of a beast of burden
bearing its similarly void-hallowed master in blood-scented silence
corpse-breath obscures the air, fly-buzzing symphonies to please
the rider's serrated ears.
burnt shells of hundred-year oaks tremble in fearful nausea
before vomiting forth a war-pack of lunatics,
monsters sanctified in moon-madness to the damp soil
painting their Mother Earth's skin with predatory tachism:
thus did She take Her taloned vengeance.
Author notes
I go back and forth between 'taloned' and 'tachism' as the base prompt for this entry. To be honest it's really both. 
A contest entry
- Pick a word - Write a poem in 10 LINES or Less (T) by The Fun House.
1050 points, ended March 21, 24 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I found this piece to be both captivating and deep; it riveted me and sort of took me into it's fold quite unwillingly and yet I have enjoyed the ride.
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Unwillingly?
It's both a direct reference and an allegorical... prediction/cynical muttering.
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lol
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But seriously, what did you mean "unwillingly"? I'm curious.
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