THE PARASITES

Parasites are the scourge of paradise. Oh it's been ages since I did biology but these critters keep popping up in some of my favorite sci-fi novels. We know parasites aren't fiction but fact.

Indigo skies.
Over Negro spies
Glare down on those on a mission impossible
Fording through passages impassable
Like discordant tunes
imported from Neptune.
They aspire to steal a slice of our heaven,
and build an army of orcs from a race that's elven.

Those living deads are here like vultures
Anomalies from strange cultures.
Why do they always see people like carrion?
The Man is lost who owns the clarion.
If we don't save this day,
there'll be hell to pay.

Anonymity is their name.
Proximity is their game.
They glimmer like stars
As we're plastered with scars.
They're leeches!
Consumer of our riches.
Their joy multiplies,
our pain amplifies.
They're too dumb to understand pain.
They keep wondering why the majority complains.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like the references to middle earth.
And I am afraid in our country, much progress has been lost since the early sixties.
The roadblocks have been set back up and we are backing up our ideals for equality and the idea that our hearts and souls are all the same color.
j.

[Akinlolu]

I feel you. I wonder who is going to fix the mess. Who's going to dismantle those road blocks and restore those ideals? Gives me lots of food for thought. My country is in a spiral. I long for the good old days. I wonder whether they're gonna return in my lifetime. But I keep hoping for a miracle.