The Height Of Nonsense
Some of these thoughts originally occurred in 'Dontbai' which was first published in Clearing My Throat. Selected Poems (Paragon Press 2022).
Beyond the prayer rooms of its shopping malls
The lifestyle porn tapes up its nipples
As Mammon shoes the pretty feet
Of fashionista’s cripples
Slaves from The Sub Continent
Awake not pity here nor conscience
Living nightmares building others’ dreams
Above the height of nonsense
The good cops and the bad cops whisper now discretely
Of maybe phasing down death gradually but not of ending it completely
As all the while they work to launder their ill gotten pirate’s pillage
From stupid hour in Media City till the end of days in Knowledge Village
Excellent. Your best yet.