Tuesday, 6 October 2020

What Is The World Coming To?


 It's coming to you

the words you hear in your mind

the blessings you give to children

when they are still forming a relationship to others

and to themselves.


It's coming to you

in blood splattered directives

in the freezing of your eyes

and shrivelling of your skin.


It's coming to you

beneath the nagging squawk 

of demanding jays

and the sun bleached pillow of your couch.


The world may think you need to wake up

like all the despairing faces locked behind bars

the haggard eyes of drug dealers

frightened their boss will find some reason

to torment them because they haven't sold enough

to make him richer.


The world is coming to you

to set it free from the worst fears

of its consumers.



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