Fomenting The Failure

A drip, a dribble,

   Coagulating with the other

Falling droplets. The thunder

  Foments an uprising; the puddles,

      Normally stagnant, ripple and stir,

Full of the energy of the downpour. Their boundaries

    Become bloated and indistinct--the dissatisfaction is tangible.

Almost in an instant, the insignificant pools burst from their

   Crude adumbrations and combine into a stream, nay, a river.

The clouds above mutter their approval as more dissenters

Continually rain from the sky. The torrent surges, pulsing.

All resistance is swept away--a lasting change seems

    Inevitable. The dirt and scum is eroded from the 

  Sidewalks as the uprising forces itself forwards.

       Strangely enough, however, the momentum

      Appears to be slowing. The street-side

       Is leveling off, the slant of their 

       Revolutionary hill slowly 

  Disappearing. The rush

    Of water becomes a

Stagnant puddle,

  Full of scum and

Filth.

Reviews

[FJ Davis]

Change that brings no change; revolution to remove scum and filth from the top only resulting in different scum and filth at the top.
Not sure what this poem's pattern is meant to represent--unless it's just a puddle.
Typically, the writing is excellent. Particularly like: "The thunder foments an uprising..." "Thunder" aptly describes the increasingly loud, echoing rhetoric often preceding rebellion or revolution--also often accompanied--magnified--by drumbeat.
Poetically, "Fomenting The Failure" has, instead, secured a success.
Excellent offering, Ben.