Theater of Utter Charm - Part 31
Mistress Lana thinks she is
my Central Committee guru
sends her greetings to the downtrodden masses
she's downtrod a bit of real estate in her day
ground under her boot heel
investment swindlers and barbershop quartets
at the kaleidoscope factory
perforated by her errant profundities
we are all struggling to not miscalculate
pull push take your pick
now there's a predicament
for all you blast bunker capitalists
which reminds me of a story
heard at a jungle campfire
where the insects are noisy and busy
and kept the listeners awake
for weeks and months and years
anyone can sleep like the damned
apparently it's a default state
I wonder who paid for it
that's the hard part
knowing who to accuse
now shall I tell you the story
you merely need to read this again
illumination for the illuminable
even the sacrosanct is open to inspection
what does it mean to interpret
have I lost my audience
and proudly so
pride being a kind of referee
to a game no one understands
a discussion of the attributes of style is next
let's call it “poetry immanent”
to distinguish it from all the other kinds
that are incantations of templates and patterns
rather than changing through the channels
yes puzzle solving will upset everything
it's an app that comes bundled with discomfort
the pixels will dictate
the shape of your next breath
while skipping down the Delphi path
existence plays a game with us
a game with us
a game with us
existence plays a game with us
and we just play along
Copyright © Walter Alter | Year Posted 2018
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