the Band

the Band

hapless, helpless, homeless

as hellaciously heartless heathens

profess such rabid faith

they foam prayers at the mouth

while concussed on hypocritical percussion

beating their own drums loudly

but not even hearing one quiet strum

of those below the stage

singing a song of desperation, starvation

expiration

we are all excommunicated before the last gospel

is read,

humanity is dead

in the water

even Jesus

refuses to walk upon.

erin-cilberto

11/25/22

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

There’s an old saying one who cries the loudest not necessarily the one in pain. No one hears anymore the suffering , they rather turn up their own volume and hope it all goes away. The title had me thinking of the monkees “ listen to the band”. I thought I would squeeze that one in.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Hey Hey we're the Monkees and people say....but we're too Busy singing, to put anybody down.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

The United Nations listed certain Procedures as War Crimes in about 2005 as many of the Things that our Government has been doing the last two years or so… to our own Country… by destroying so much that our Country has fought for and many have Died for. I Rest my Case.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I appreciate your very honest viewpoints, Pat,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Men took the Devil job and poor Jesus is in Costa Rica by the sea Jacob. Men had broke Jesus heart.
"humanity is dead
in the water
even Jesus
refuses to walk upon"
I did like the above lines. Now we have nuts and fruitcakes running our world. Talking nuclear war. Powerful and amazing poetry my friend.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Coyote,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Jacob.

[Ciara]

So powerful your words are.
It's so disturbing to see these band leaders emerging and the followings they amass.
Marching to their own war drums rather than songs of peace.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Ciara,
j.

[DIVYA]

Those who pray the loudest, sin the mostest.
Indeed, they're so impossibly loud and foaming with prayers at their mouths. Their egos are insane and oblivious to all else. They have sullied the water so much, Jesus will find it unfit to walk upon. And if Jesus is giving up then there is no hope left for humanity.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your understanding words, DIVYA,
j.

[Pauline]

Good morning J. and oh how true your words are. I love your phrase of: they foam prayers at the mouth
while concussed on hypocritical percussion. It's become a sad old world in many ways. (Sometimes I think we're working our way backwards.

Pauline.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

absolutely, Pauline...we seem to be.
thank you,
j.