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SKIN IS WEARING THIN

Homo sapiens have out grown their use.
Long in the tooth, but not sharp at all
They snarl at each other
As they queue in the supermarket
For the bargains.
Humans defame the dignity. 
Of the wild animals
They abuse, flay alive, eat.
Dogs, chimps, lions, gazelle.
Any living thing on their road to hell.
 
Homo sapiens have no shame
They seek to inflame each other
By their diseased behaviour
To discourage the pale decencies
Of life. Their stupidity enrages me.
They spit, fart, masturbate.
Massacre the innocents
Delight in petty conquests
Full of greed and cowardice
In their refusal to take real risks.
They boast in their obesity
Are terrified of death

They admire their own reflections in skewed mirrors.
They never sink into a sunset nor rise to a sunrise
They do not read the signs or signals of our lives.
They mock children's innocence,
Condemn the naive, the gentle, the forgetful, the weak.
They have no awareness
Of all the misplaced broken, tender things
That make life what it is. 
 
 

 

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John Marks

Mon 15th Aug 2022 22:36

Thank you for all the likes and especially you Keith for your ability to see into the heart of things. John

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keith jeffries

Sat 13th Aug 2022 21:20

This is my kind of poem. What a bloody bunch of morons we really are. Today I read of sunken ships in the Baltic, most the result of conflict, which on the sea bed they break apart and release vast quantities of oil which kills the fish out right. Along the banks of the River Oder nearly all the fish are now dead and washed up on the banks filled with toxic chemicals. It will take decades if ever to reverse this. A factory up river was responsible for the discharge of chemicals. We are a useless destructive force. Given paradise only to desecrate it. What hope can there be?
Thank you for this
Keith

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