Devils Courthouse
Posted: 29 Oct 2019, 15:00
At Devils Courthouse you can see
a hundred miles. What you scream
enters the universe at 5711 feet with
enough timbre to vibrate leaves,
cause a redhawk to alter its descent.
The altitude and escarpment creates
a sonic shelf: the wind is wrong, it
rains five feet above ground, echoes
don't always come back in order.
What you scream is why you come.
Since Trail of Tears, the mountain
is known for betrayal. Judaculla
lives here, the God of Vengeance
There are both ancient and modern
ciphers carved in tree bark, stones
piled up to make an oath marker.
They come here to scream the name
of an unfaithful lover, a dead child,
call a curse down on enemy. .
They confess unspeakable acts,
never to be mentioned again.
They sat noone has stayed the night.
You say your peace and move on.
a hundred miles. What you scream
enters the universe at 5711 feet with
enough timbre to vibrate leaves,
cause a redhawk to alter its descent.
The altitude and escarpment creates
a sonic shelf: the wind is wrong, it
rains five feet above ground, echoes
don't always come back in order.
What you scream is why you come.
Since Trail of Tears, the mountain
is known for betrayal. Judaculla
lives here, the God of Vengeance
There are both ancient and modern
ciphers carved in tree bark, stones
piled up to make an oath marker.
They come here to scream the name
of an unfaithful lover, a dead child,
call a curse down on enemy. .
They confess unspeakable acts,
never to be mentioned again.
They sat noone has stayed the night.
You say your peace and move on.