cat and mouse
cat and mousesnick of latch
mouse stops
heart
double-pounds
'tis door
behind which
lives -- cat
eyes -- claws vie for
sharpness
loose upon rooms in which
mouse
prowls for food
cross town
whistle blows
end of -- work day
for
stiffs in the mill
play their own game
of -- cat and mouse
of pawns and kings
-- king's subordinates
wielding whips
of disregard - artifice
and acrimony
ego's will be done
risen to height of
their own ineptitude
playing middle-level
-- schemes
holding down slaves
under thumbs
borrowed from
upper-level lackeys
dangerous -- game they play
tears that are shed
all songs of heaven cannot
allay
drudgery -- drudgery
and shame
profit of
all . . .
now cats and mice
figure
it natural
-- their game
while human play
unnatural at best
bestial
at worst
evolution is a slow
-- wheel.
vcp
30 May 2014
Poetry by Victor
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Written on 2014-06-03 at 18:08
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