I saw a video today

of eyes

that look into the darkness where promises

percolate into strife

and in the background I heard

a sound not dissimilar 

to a baby's gurgle - except

behind the mindless intent

there is not a search for language

rather

it is the abandonment of words -

a disregard for connection,

a wanton destruction for the sake

of constructed revenge  -

and the headless bodies they collect

and the blood they drink like milk from the breast

and the fear they seek to instill

is reminiscent of the horde of locust ferocious

as it feasts upon its own green infancy

towards oblivion

or the rabbit that breeds itself into destruction

and leaves behind wretched soil blown

into despair.