The Atoll

Miguel (cont.)
Immoral savagery gets full reign
The mouldy heap of driftwood over here
Obscures some papier mache like old tomes
Gloria
Theyre very much like paper logs senor
Miguel
The bloated buckled volumes damaged spines
Are from a kids encyclopaedia set
But missing letters h j k and n
A stack of tinder under kindling placed
A pyre to burn a human being at hand
Mad sacrifice to Papa Legba meant
Paolo
Theres something sinister here I agree
The broken handled magnifying glass is
Propped way too close to that apparent pyre