Colin Mitchell Williams Poet Free verse

Mediocrity

Mediocrity

Isn’t it surprising to see
How far we’ve come
A techno babble driven civilization
all our plastic wonder
Our steadfast synthetic 
concrete society
These achievements of our centuries

Have lead us this far
To mediocrity

Mediocrity

The latest dainty 
For toothless Gods to sit and savour
A thousand years of human flavour
Forget the Egyptian
Forget the Maya
The Aztec and Minoa
It’s the twentieth century and we’re all the buyer
everything’s on sale here
In mediocrity

Mediocrity
Mediocrity

Forget the Egyptian and the Maya
Forget the Moore and the Aztec
It’s the twentieth century 
And all we have to offer
Is mediocrity

There is no dream left now
Nothing to aspire
Nothing to catch a breath now
Nothing to inspire
This complaining fate
We simply lie there
Skewered morsels on some heavenly fire
For the relish and the savour
Of this latest human flavour
Of mediocrity
Mediocrity

Mediocrity

And I don’t know how
If you realise
That the achievements are no surprise 
If you had the power
To open your eyes
What would you see
Mediocrity
Mediocrity

Mediocrity!

Forget the Egyptian
The Aztec and the Maya
Forget Babylon and Easter Island
Forget Athens, Rome and Minoa
This is the twentieth century
And witness our slavery

Our slavery
To  
Mediocrity
Mediocrity
Mediocrity
Mediocrity 
Mediocrity
Mediocrity

Witness our slavery

mediocrity

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Michael Torres November 27, 2008 at 11:11 AM Colin this is full of deep truth and passion. You certainly have a way of making us known to the realities of this planet. With style, grace and passion. Deep intelect and truest of reasoning. Love this write. Your friend in NY Michael