a hospital full of gallant soldiers

a hospital full of gallant soldiers 

 

 

stamping out the fires

a few kindled breaths

smoldering in a mask of discretion

 

be quiet and die

the economy will rise from the ash

and we will be richer than ever

 

except the poor ones who could never escape

the disease of poverty

even as they died alone

quietly succumbing in their cardboard homes

 

hugging nothing

owning nothing

but a bit of self-respect

they coughed away

as the fever broke them

worse than the capitalism

from which they starved

 

we need more masks

more masks

please God, more masks

 

we need to cover up our faces

so they won't see the lies in our eyes

the ones we tell ourselves

 

as we return to normal

embrace with an extravagant kiss

and die hugging all that money

we will never get to spend.

 

did 1968 really happen?

are we still alive?

52 years in a cardboard mansion

 

for this?

 

 

erin-cilberto

3/24/2020

Reviews

[emmajoy]

' .. hugging nothing.. owning nothing.. but a bit of self-respect.. they coughed away.. as the fever broke them.. worse than the capitalism.. from which they starved.. '

Magnificently but tragically true, j.

Only today has the UK TV showed pictures of people lying in shop doorways, plus news that there just aren't enough places for those precious human beings. Even householders are being asked if they could help house them; a big ask but.. .

Your words are truly heartbreaking, To admit that - even now at such a critical time, this evil divide between the haves and have-nots flarres sky high. Seems past history hurts like hell at certain times, there can be a slow, slow recovery, yet precious caring lessons are soon shoved aside.
Seems the value of a human being isn't because he or she exists but - in what their benefit is to the man or men at the top! Chaos comes in all guises, the weak and helpless are hit from head to toe by indifference for much if not all the time. Behind polished doors, others are manipulating the system because.. they know who and how.

You write in quite a simple form here yet.. create so much more than blatherers like me, because you know how. Seems we all live in a fragile, easily broken atmosphere.. but there are so many who are already living in it.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind and understanding words, em.
j.

[emmajoy]

There's far more to what i type in my reviews for such writing, its thought and awareness. Forgive me for writing so much, and know it's poorly put but to be honest, such inhumanity angers me.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

It is not poorly put at all, em, it is honestly put...and it is sense and understanding of what the real situation is...not what politicians try to tell us it is...
and never apologize for any of your responses...write on, please!