as black stars align
she ascends from
the cold war ether
on riot wings
into a decadent age
prepared for her
like a five-star table
complete with swan napkin,
silicon seared tuna,
and free speech salad fork
deep in the night
after the dead world
has turned off its corporate lights,
she wanders dim lit streets
where today's Tschaikovskys wander
in intricate drug "dazes,"
finding decreasingly forbidden lovers,
or simply taking bohemian quiet
but there will be happenings,
paintings and symphonies,
feasts and famines,
rumors of nuclear wars
and quite possibly nuclear wars
she blesses the corruption
that rots the edifice
so that progress can slip in
Comments
skinner_jennifer | September 4, 2011 - 11:12
Hi seannelson,
a very deep and meaningful peace, you have written
here, very interesting.
Jenny.
seannelson | September 4, 2011 - 11:33
Thank you kindly Jennifer. I'm happy with the piece though a little embarassed about the typo in the last stanza I just corrected: "progress" makes a lot more sense than "corruption" again.
MaggieG | September 4, 2011 - 13:49
Honestly ? For the most part, I am not a huge fan of political poetry, but.... I will have to say this is one of the far better ones I have read in a long time.
Excellent writing here :)
Highhat | September 4, 2011 - 14:07
Well I am a fan of all of your poems Sean- they are so aware of all around you- be it political or not
;)Pia
seannelson | September 4, 2011 - 22:53
I appreciate all of your appreciation. yes, always glad to see you Pia. If you appreciate this poem despite its political nature, that might be because I haven't been in a very political space lately. I tend to be quite liberal but some of that's because my only income is a well "earned" disability check... I'm one of those somewhat rare pensioners who know where their bread is buttered. That said, I'm also somewhat rare in that I work very hard to create and share art and literature despite my disabilities. At any rate, I'm more interested in creating poetry than I am in convincing anybody of anything political.
mark_yelland-brown | September 4, 2011 - 23:00
I loved this poem,
even before i had more clarity, the music of the words.
Could it be `that` "progress",rather than `the`,
in last stanza.
or does that take away from your exact meaning.
seannelson | September 5, 2011 - 06:09
thanks Mark. Yeah, "that progress" is better, so I changed it.