Bent

Bent

A Poem by Zoe Richardson
"

All that is necessary for evil to win is for good people to do nothing

"

Bent

I see you

Your suggestive slant

The way you lean

Propped against the

Building of your lies

 

I see you

Your encroaching anger

The words and the thoughts

Behind your plaster gods

The wind between your teeth

Making you swell

 

I see your grab

Your insidious miracles

The way you paint

Your snake oil cure

A panacea for the downtrodden

Dressed in the rhetoric of tyranny

 

I see

And I do not believe

I will not wear your subtle chains

Or march for what you sell

As truth

 

I will wrap myself

In something greater

A freedom you will never see coming

And in the dust of your pitiful revolution

I will rise

 

-Zoe Richardson

© 2021 Zoe Richardson


Author's Note

Zoe Richardson
Thank you for your time and your thoughts. Help yourself to the virtual candy on the table!

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beautiful.... I get it.... I got stabbed in the heart with a poison knife...I think this is why us poem people write...to let the pain bleed out...from your always friend jeff...P.S. I know you well enough that you will disagree with my review.... so don't bother...have a sweet day sugar baby darling

Posted 2 Years Ago


Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

Actually, I don't disagree. It can be read that way. There's a lot going on in this poem. Is it poli.. read more
Even tho the narrator of your poem appears to be describing "hot" characteristics (such as anger) about some "other" (who the poem describes) . . . I also read this as the narrator spewing a similar level of toxicity, which is a clever rendition to SHOW instead of tell, illustrating how divided sentiments between groups of people are often seen by each group as being traits possessed by some "other" (group), when casual observation reveals that all sides are stewing in the same toxic fomenting (((HUGS)))

Posted 2 Years Ago


Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

It can be read that way. It can be seen as a burst of anger, a reaction to a reaction. It's intent, .. read more
Good for you Zoe..always
march to the beat of your
own drum..i like the way you
wrote this .. Independently
free .. well done

Posted 2 Years Ago


You see right through this person, group or maybe it's a religion. Bent is a strong title. Whatever, the wool isn't being pulled over your eyes. You aren't going to be sucked in to something you don't believe in. Shows a strong mind, someone unafraid to do their own thing. A leader, not a follower. Thanks for posting.

Chris

Posted 2 Years Ago


Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

How wise you are! It is a declaration of independence. When you have been controlled, you cherish fr.. read more
Well there's a great deal of angst here.

Posted 2 Years Ago


Zoe Richardson

2 Years Ago

I wouldn't call it angst. Rebellion, maybe? I have lived my adult life under the control and abuse o.. read more

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Added on September 12, 2021
Last Updated on September 12, 2021
Tags: Poetry, Thoughts, Freedom

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Zoe Richardson
Zoe Richardson

Cordova, AL



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Alabama native. Poet and storyteller and all around word nerd. I practice random acts of insanity because the world needs some shaking up. more..

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