inspired by Lawrence Beck's An Exercise in Futility


witless waxing


Let’s resign from Evolution,
fully aware we’re barely aware;
time’s awaiting. With Humanity
barely brained to conjure a world

in which people are whole and equal;
mirth bound, and shackled, unrespected,
rarely eloquent beyond objections
amongst billions of biorbital visages,

seeking, queuing and devouring,

riding-cropped delivering oppressors
recharging each new generation, each
an ox, corralled and tagged, chipped;
inoculated to obedience, aware of little.

Their papier machéed cud over-chewed
gum; glazed stares, involuntarily
discharging mindless banter at them
whose warnings have fallen on deaf ears.




Poetry by arquious The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2022-10-22 at 04:43

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arquious The PoetBay support member heart!
Thanks Allen. What separates us from all other living things is what we aren't fully utilising to right this trajectory we have put ourselves on. I appreciate your sharing your thoughts. Rik.
2022-10-23


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
We should all listen....
My God this poem describes a history: The history!
Physical evolution might even be faster than mental the way things are going. :(
Allen
2022-10-23