Perfect Inhumanity

Ticker tape life into a single frame
Moon and stars silhouettes look down upon the sane
All the pristine porcelain faces lifted up to care
Intertwined fingers optimistically seeking out repair
Tolerance is not the toiling only of the brave
To find unified understanding is what the species craves
Eating of chrysanthemums call to darkness, be eclipsed
Bathe pure enlightenment producing innocence
Causing hearts to swell with love, beating live balloons
The “Perfect world” residing within Fabergé cocoons

Ticker tape life into a single frame
Darkness and misery secreted from disdain
All distorted tarnished faces sodden with despair
Lungs expanded beyond capacity, choking on the air
Hollow heads full of sorrow roll in like crimson waves
Crashing upon hopeless steely shores with desecrated pain
Soaring far from absent shadows into the great abyss
Bitter taste of hateful words linger on pursed lips
Lacerated tongue, swollen, bleeding from its wounds
Inhuman world residing within lanolin cocoons


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Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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February 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM
wo! this is a great write i loved it and it's right up my alley but definitely way WAY better than anything i've written ever, but thats ok with me it gives me something to look at to say "hey, this is where i want to be with my writting!" =)jo
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October 20, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Thought provoking. Keep writing. Sara
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October 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Thank you for presenting your wonderful poetry to us today. It was an enjoyable read for me. Thank you Alisha. Love, Carol
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