Insanity Twist

By Maurice Luckett

Have you ever made love

To a gypsy who said

She could see your future

In the window

Of her crystal ball?

Have you severed the bounds

Of reality and seen

What lies between?

Have you ever taken

A breath of the second wind?

Is it as refreshing

As you thought it would be?

Have you ever stepped

Through the looking glass

And seen the other side?

Have you ever

Experienced the fire?

Has it experienced you?

Have you seen

The killer’s face or looked

The serpent in the eye?

Have you ever told death

To go to hell?

Did you ever get a reply?