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The Wanderer Falls

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Shadow souls flying across the sea Of my senses they knew, what a mockery, How do I write the song says the dream? Whereupon the wanderer falls In the scribbled pines Of a forest burnt In the addled minds of ruminants Under the spell Of prescription drugs A waterfall falling long Whispering into nothing And how does a shadow sing along? With the words planted When their minds are gone The cultured lie pearl Calumny and drought Don’t ask me I don’t know what it means I just write it down Medicated monsters flee themselves In fiery wagons chasing hope When no earthly vehicle Can help them now And the darkness of the drones The forest-flatteners blocking the sun With gun-carriage storms Of all fissile material Spitting their fish scales Into our faces And who wrote the song? Down by the deadpond Now that Weyland’s work is done Tantalite, tungsten, sin, tin and gold Seem pretty small in your hand there’s a phone But all over Africa mines are still smouldering How do I write the song says the dream? Lord help me I feel the world psyche waking Whereupon the wanderer falls.

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Beata Agustin

Date: 9/8/2023 4:35:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your wisdom through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.

Diane Leggett
Date: 9/8/2023 8:05:00 AM

Thanks Beata, God bless you!