the banishing

saw XX today
he keeps pretending
he isn't who he is
only I seem to know his con-man ways
his Ponzi scheme is getting married

he is probably fanning himself
with twenty dollar bills right now
in some hotel room
while he laughs at the fact that
he is getting away with just 40 bucks
a month in child support
pretty sure there is a dead body 
in his basement

I hexed him a month ago
but I didn't see any shit in his loafers
so maybe it didn't work
from all the wine i drank
or maybe it was the living room demons
making rabbit ears behind my back
while I tried to concentrate

tonight I banished the demons
that seem to appear 
when he is near
they hang out in my living room
 and when I am angry 
they multiply like lice
in a classroom full of kids

I chanted to Hecate
until I saw myself
in the flame
so many lifetimes ago
dancing naked in the fire
of night
manipulating the stars
as I rearranged my fate

that demon with the ever staring eye
was stubborn
like me
like him
all my spirits watched
with their mouths open
in an O or a smile
I think they were just glad
I let them stay

it took over an hour
I had to pee the entire time
afterwards an underworld owl
appeared in the window
with dogs of all sizes
sitting at attention below
to watch over me

I looked at the picture
I had taken before the banishing
next to the demon
was the angel of death
crow feather wings spread wide
I saw my face in his guts
blonde hair and all
wearing a ram's head hat

I am an aries
so it seemed like
an ominous message
oh well
the ghost dogs
should keep him at bay for awhile

at least we are both into astrology
what else is there to say
that I wish I had been in his heart
instead of his bowels?

the thing about hearts 
is they never let go
but the bowels always do

being shit out in the afterlife
is freedom enough for me