Double Vision (Republic of Waste Management)

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. - Thoreau

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heart pounding, spirit burning and yearning

faced pressed against feculent, smudged glass

tiny, innocent, young hands going 'round and 'round in nonconcentric, nuclear circles

a possible royal straight flush hoping to draw a soiled ace

up the creaking, uneven staircase

i try to push away the dust, cobwebs and squalor of him striking her across a pixilated, about face

coffee-cup rings of an inferno of emotions along with tossed, torn tethers of a three-legged race

limping, wounded souls unable to pick up the pace

no army of lawyers willing to take on such an unwinnable case

i wait for the cleaning service but they never do arrive

with so many others, they're stuck on life's littered highway

in a never ending traffic jam of fetid unforgiveness

longing for a new gps along with an alternate route

oh where is the putty knife of peace when you need its clout

forgiveness whispers whilst flashbacks shout

a frozen, stuck sash unable to be lifted without doubt

this window needs new sealing grout

along with a liberating way out

Author's Note

"No man ever stood the lower in my estimation for having a patch in his clothes; yet I am sure that there is greater anxiety, commonly, to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

life's littered highway indeed
filled with potholes, repaired with gravel
constantly creating tenuous travel
another nicely done

[Pete]

guess i'll just have to wait for trump to send his helicopter to pick me up ... :)

[Ken Simm.]

This is a personal paen for peace. Peace of personal thought. Peace of action and peace of reaction. It works so well on so many complex levels.

[Pete]

ah yes, i grow weary with angry people (myself included sometimes) in an angry world. you and i both know that there is consolation like no other in nature herself ken.

"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. - Thoreau

[NormaZ]

Hi Pete, I love the passion of your poem, the ‘inferno of emotions’! Very descriptive of the mood and tone of the poem. (also loved the Thoreau quote).

[Pete]

thanks norma. i appreciate the kind thoughts on a dark mood of feelings. keep positive ... :)