a spectre resurrected

a spectre resurrected 

 

 

four ghosts in Ohio

fill empty seats in a classroom

where nothing was really learned

 

and militia danced into a blue horizon

guns cocked and loaded

with idealistic triggers taped to their

itchy fingers

 

their books lie dormant

gathering the dust of delusion

ammo for the emulsified movement

 

nothing came of it

in the end,

the matter was simply contents

in a book of unresolved motion

 

that became hard bound inertia

and unread lines between the lines.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/1/15

Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Jacob,

Sadly, in today's so called modernized of ease technological world, many things appear a possible threats of regret that resulted in death for others, suddenly whitewashed and cloaked as benign apparitions of stitches Zitchen's britches of that 12th Planet that is said to not exist, but soon shall some day soon in premiering at a neighborhood all too close to you, maybe even that of your own front, or back, yard, with you given the finger which is not a 21 gun salute of rolled away totally astray and irresolute of having tried to stand as a man and not a donkey a*s mute to find 'tis high time that all individuality of Human Kind has become a point of reference of in-deference as life tragically, sadistically moot ...

My Dad never utter a word about his tour of duty in Korea ... I never had a clue ... But when he died, up shows up a military group and gives him a 21 gun salute ... I guess some things are truly better left unsaid ... But, I'll always wish he had ... But, he just couldn't relive it, anymore ...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it would be so difficult to relive that...But he was brave and fought for his country with pride in the Eagle.
j.

[rubie]

i'm hearing neil young....

"four dead in ohio...."

and because "nothing came of it", all the more reason never to forget....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

responded to this review two weeks ago...but sometimes they just don't go through...
thank you for your words, rubie....

j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

We shouted out for peace and love that never came...so we looked around the place to find a face to take the blame for wars and scores of other things we found a shame...now there's holes in our umbrellas and the rain don't stop...their trying to pave paradise to put up a parking lot...

From...Big Yellow Taxi Revisited ...a song I wrote in tribute to Joni. I enjoyed the read Jacob...always a pleasure to read your musings my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review...i am going to look up that poem again...

"don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone?"

appreciate your insight, Fabian.

[....................]

I remember reading about the Kent State protest shootings... such a senseless tragedy...this brought to mind Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Youngs, "Ohio"...great write, my friend...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, it was tragic....it started the protests at SIU...that eventually shut down our campus that May...

yes, a good song too by them....Neil Young singing lead....was a turbulent time.

thank you for your words, FT.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

four ghosts four dead and all but forgotten and nothing learnt. Very nice J

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, andrew.

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Four Dead in Ohio! Who couldn't forget the stark shocking images from a government bungling on a day where students lay dead. CSNY echo in my head.

What a write! BRAVO!

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review...

j.