Nonliving Cm
I trip among sewage of lanes,
Vacant parks, garbage junk
Reveal this aimless wayfaring
Arrogance tagged as pride—
Drunk on caprice, humans become
Wares used for amusement.
Now emptiness haunts me alive
An existence, rotting.
Choose An Octavio Paz Line
For contest--Nette Onclaud
Aug 22, 2019
Line 3-- “… an alien life, a life unlived, not lively, hardly ours.”
Copyright © Jajosh Ongado | Year Posted 2019
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