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
Copyright © Walter Alter | Year Posted 2020
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