Utter Rot —
from the fish’s head down
The fish rots
from the head
looks down on the poor — rest of us
in crutches of centralized civility
demanding order
w/o provision of the basics
our needs, not desires
but still, we dare 2 want
& want
& want
& want
until we cannot wait
for this (not so) good
governance
for these our horrible and hot lives
distract us
from the ties that bind
(strangle us even)
our senior incubi and succubi
suck the life
out of mere existence
in post pandemic inertia
ill equipped for what
we are facing right now
scrabble in the dark
doing their best, or worst even,
w/o a shared set of rules
for care & conduct
unconscious
idiocy that dominates
driving us towards more
dis-ease
despair
death
& suicide of the will to live
so much so
the well-to-do,
also, are exhausted
w/ the psychology of this drama
where every ego is in it
for themselves
no keepers here
neither brothas nor sistahs
power to intimidate
concerns for immediate gain
survival
scarcity mentality of the sheeple
lawlessness
social engineering of collapse
cult of cowardice
flaunts greed
favoritism
cronyism
our
downfall
all this —
aspects of living
in a dying world
deliberate depressive
instigation
intentionality of destruction
impositions
no master signifiers
hold us together
all is loss
………..of faith
………..of connection
………..of trust
………..of belief in fellow humanity
slaves to desire
pomp and circumstance convoys
cause havoc on earth
under the…
