Manticore's Justification

Monsters spun of silken thread
Are used like poppets
To cause fear and dread.
On broken wing following dobbin's marks,
Manticores hunt;
Horned monsters of mindless light, (and dark).

Words are liars,
Perception is dull,
When there're monsters around to weaken the hull.
The ship is rocking;
The matchstick ignites;
And all who fear are kept awake at night
With Terror's tales of blood and bone;
You'll never realize when the first stone's been thrown.

Tis the scared the manticores hunt,
Trumpeting approach upon horizon,
Upon horizon.
He hunts,
She listens
When every pyre runs in fear.

They sing a song for all who hear;
Questioned:
"They should have feared.
They should have feared.
They should have properly feared
And ran away."

ISA