The last lonely glint of sundown

Bows her head to the mighty dusk

Wherein nocturnal creatures stir again

To resume their nightly hunt

The music made, yes, oh so sweet

Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark

The sounds of their feeding an inspiration

For my next work truly avant-garde

With every line erased

And each stroke I paint upon the bloodsoaked page

I find myself in post orgasmic malaise

Snarling grimly as I spit on their graves

The Nemesis of opulence

A dreaded eidolon

Each “Horrorshow” a shot across the bow

For the unwitting victim next in line

The first sign of prey approaching

A suffocating scent pervades the air

Fooled by charm, a string of deception pulled tight

Something her corset and our bodies now share

Within the privacy of her chamber

Bejewelled with riches like her chest

Which now pounds heavily between the gasps

I hang on Her every dying breath

With fresh wine imbibed

To commemorate this vendetta across all time

My one man war upon the affluent

Justified in my reddened, sullen eyes

The Nemesis of opulence

A ripper of glutinous swine

Each victim stricken akin to the thickening fog

Lifted from my vengeance sodden mind...

Lurking in the shadows

For another chance to come

Like a cobra poised to strike

I hiss my restless serpentine tongue

And when the move is mine to make

I’ll blot them from my wishlist one by one

An alpha predator like an unbiblical flood

Come to cleanse Earth of this stubborn scum

With the times we change

To accommodate our vast hypocrisies

One man's war of valour

Is but another’s terrible tyranny

The Nemesis of opulence

A Zeitgeist of the times

Each victim like a burden lifted

From Hell I bid you all a final goodbye

Where will it end?

I question all the notches I’ve inscribed

Is this to be my quest

Until the very end with no respite?

Or should my focused eyes

Set upon the most monumental prize?

Dream a little bigger, darling

In the grander scheme of taking life

Tracing bloodlines back

To when this curse came over me

Until the last drop is drained dry

Upon my mouth and sets me rightfully

Finally free...