A Public Secret
Heart Man Business
When Heart Man stalks the village
his business is not easy.
Soon as night comes, he starts to pillage
for the wicked one’s appeasing.

Blood thirsty orders he must fill
for a contract has been made.
Any beating heart will fit the bill
for severing by his grisly blade. 

Power and position are the objects of desire
that entice and seductively push 
civilized folks to seek science for hire
deep in the bowels of the bush.

The prize that stolen blood can attain
is deceptive and temporal at best.
Unlike Christ’s blood that was without stain;
this sacrifice cannot truly bless.

For the few moments of ill-gotten glory and fame,
full payment shall the wicked one receive.
For upon the contractor’s soul, he eternally lays claim
with the clause that  through greed, was unperceived.