Dare I Wish

From each according to his ability gains little traction in a world where ability is so obviously diminished just take an honest look around you sound bites are no longer protection against an epidemic of eyes wide shut presumably a long dark gestation in the stillbirth delivery room our congenitally unelected elder ironsmith fist patting his big catcher's mitt going hum baby over and over his ornithologists wingtip to wingtip wheeling above an existential road kill in an act of digestion before the fact as I dance between their swooping beaks paying no attention to the loudspeakers the red capes the water cannons the bullying little one person manias clung to like a monkey to its mother yes even the experts are puzzled at how his reed boat remains afloat and maintains steerage in spite of the sewage the half submerged bodies swirling and gurgling in siren whirlpools visions of bliss epiphanies of communion in a vastly underestimated reservoir of misuse a parody of divine cause and effect will never ever recite that wisdom is free like stones tumbling from the mountain from the echoing barbershop mirrors nuggets of pure gold for the picking a permanent revolution inches away more than a slogan about better diet rather a great numberless equation devoid of faith belief or trickery dare I wish