Logos

Guards, watching
Washing, clothing
Nourishing —

The starved, plagued
Buried, drowned
Condemned

From the mouths, hands
Of butchers
Rescuing

A word
A single, helpless
Indestructible, word

A parasite, prayer
Permeating, rooting
Pouring

Through eyes
Hands, skin
Of butchers

Of watchers