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I hang suspended in the hallways of nobody intellectuals,
the strangers of this generation that slay the blood from their hands
and the engraving from the metal plate; writing on a wall.
I sit with my back turned against the cloth of secrecy,
obscuring the vision of the youth standing in front of me
and I understand their anguish in dissociated lives.

This side of popular culture stands the beat of a drum,
unlike that seen in the streets of walking decay,
hammering with uneven pattern;
a design filled of rhythmic, randomised echoes
from the stillborn child, wrought to fulfil empathy of morality.
These legions of cerebral individuals lead the charge
to cleanse themselves of the gorging from the eras preceding them,
wash away the festering moulds of gluttony corporate insatiability,
the peak thus far in the globalisation quest of the civilised society
to become a truly ethnocentric superior system.

But they separate from conventions of thought,
meander off the path in search of new exploration,
gather the armies of the new age
to kill what is left behind in the ravaging of an old corruption.
The question of the quest my friends is this,
have we yet learnt from ancient mistakes,
or are we still to flog the channel we follow blinded
in the certainty of our supremacy of status on earth?

Take the hands of the corpse beside you my dear,
show how much you cared for the revolution
of an avant-garde empire, converted to conservative flaws.
And as you moan your disbelief regarding the death of an echo
turn not to me but to the society blemished by the doings of age and time,
whisper your fears to beloved institutions and understand
that they too have evolved with time into a commercialised company,
and never have had your concerns held within the heart of a conviction in faith.

Where will you turn when the glass skies above you
crack into splinters, tumbling from the airy recesses overhead,
where will you look when the radium poisons your mind
and takes the lives of your fore bearers and future fruits?
The faction to which you belong has elasticity,
so stretch it to an absolute limit and see what has do be done,
look beyond the infinite historical conventions invented
to prophesise a future of this ethnocentric civilised humanity.



Lotophagi



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On Saturday August 27th, 2005, SamoneDrone (408) writes:
this was epic and so so so true. it seems with everything you write you never waste a breath or use an unnecissary word. that amazes me, really. ....-samone


On Wednesday July 20th, 2005, TheBardOfBlasphemy (472) writes:
Written with the forethought and clarity of an intellectual and yet criticizing the very same thing. Powerful ideas here


On Thursday May 12th, 2005, braindead_poet (581) writes:
Outstanding. A very monumental piece declaring a very powerful state of mind. Without a doubt a work of art worth stamping in places where the public can see.


On Tuesday April 5th, 2005, AniDayz (1281) writes:
absolutely brilliant[that being an incredibly sad understatement]. i am completely struck by every part of this piece, pulling at every cell in my body...you are *wisewisewise* beyond belief...i respect this write with my whole heart.


On Friday February 4th, 2005, knightmirror (425) writes:
i am put on the ground by this....brilliant...that's to say the least....*where will you look when the radium poisons your mind and takes the lives of your fore bearers and future fruits?*....just to make one quote....i will definitely come back to this a


On Friday February 4th, 2005, knightmirror (425) writes:
again....to get another feel for this...to look a little deeper....to see a little more clearer....thanks...-knight


On Sunday January 9th, 2005, Jay Jii (336) writes:
Superb writing. I enjoyed every line.


On Friday December 3rd, 2004, An Expired Member (35) writes:
information age...devoid of value...full of pleasure and selfishness...i feel you. you should read "the closing of the American Mind", by ALan Bloom...good write, and not just because we think alike..hehe


On Monday November 1st, 2004, ShadowFlight (139) writes:
I really like the way you think... either that or you're hanging around in my world... great write!


On Sunday October 24th, 2004, suicideseason (2144) writes:
_i don't think i have ever seen the word 'ethnocentric' used in poetry...and you did it quite effectively...all of your writing is exquisite.so intelligent.


On Thursday October 21st, 2004, OLd SouL (837) writes:
I would say write a book for me.. I could read you all day long.. but it would take ages for me to finish.. I would have to put it down every hour and digest the words for days. Unique and well appreciated you are. :::OLd


On Thursday October 21st, 2004, indefined (713) writes:
something new and refreshing indeed, quite unlike anything else i've read on here. my warmest welcome to our humble abode. awesome write.


On Wednesday October 20th, 2004, An Expired Member (58) writes:
you are real and i second to what doctor just said...me thinks if we need to give her pen and swords, i bet she will really make a difference..awesome write..


On Tuesday October 19th, 2004, DoctorAsh (506) writes:
very very very nice .. a statue of wood now rises from my pants, we need more poets like you - where is the button I must push to duplicate you. Excellent write. [D&A]


On Tuesday October 19th, 2004, Twilight (2102) writes:
you are definitely something new..refreshing...and i love it.."Where will you turn when the glass skies above you crack into splinters, tumbling from the airy recesses overhead,"..wow.



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