Matt Presti

These are some of my many poems put to video and music. I am sharing these so posterity may enjoy them and find inspiration in these written words. Music - "The Wheat" by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard Please credit the author if used elsewhere. Thank you! Keepers of Death A poem by Matt Presti Death, now a glory of delight Only fools bow to hate These days now absent of Light Terrible, the price to pay And woe to those who imbibe The poisonous glue of regret Their ceaseless tongues lashing out As mankind kneels before Set Death of soul for the popular taste The MOB regards vice, shuns virtue It weaves a noose of silk and lace And smugly hangs imagination Lost souls wander’eth streets at night The hell hounds bark with fury The March of madness leaves its wake A harvest of dead men buried To murder and gloat and blame All that once was dear To die and suffer in agony and pain To succumb to primal fear Through rain, storm and winter In solitude with mighty nature The warrior sees and knows The song of which seed grows In battle Tested Through hell Bested He knows not defeat—nor yields In life Rested Obstacles Crested His spirit is his shield He sees the murdered selves, the MOB A sorry sight of fear A walking contradicted blob Of broken hemispheres Retreating home to solitude For life’s eternal prize He lives to fight another day And does not compromise The MOB is but a fleeting fit A temporary sorry dirge The warrior stands not in the way As they exalt their Demiurge Cast ye a single flower upon the heap The dead are their own to keep.

In April of 2020, I constructed the layout for these Chicken Coops to begin egg harvesting operations. The starter house was pre-finished and I designed and built (with the help of two good friends, Bill and Nick), the larger house with the red (hen) roof. To this day (01/08/2021), we've harvested one rooster and 25 dozen eggs. It was and is always, an enjoyable process to construct and build something from your own imaginings. With a little help from my friends, where you may lack the expertise, you can always get things done and make things happen. See your vision to completion. This is the process of creation. http://MattPresti.com

"Fulcrum" was recorded at Media Pro Studio in Rivendell, Missouri, 2018. Drums, bass, guitar, keys and vocals by Matt Presti. Copyright 2018. All Rights Reserved.