Vultures Cry for Relief

Vultures Cry for Relief

 

 

 

millionaire babies

become gutter rats

in high fashion footwear

and moth eaten fur

mismatching socks

mismatching eyes

darting directionless as the quarter shines

and a perfectly manicured hand reaches

 

somewhere in a dark nightfall

where the towers toppled

and the streets once paved with gold

are cluttered with the rubble

of a silver spooned life so tarnished

 

that plastic mid-wives deliver whiskey moods

from half empty bottles, reeled in from a sea of refuse

 

the rust green boats

giving some warmth at evening's apology

when the lid closes tightly enough

and the stench is a hard pillow

to swallow,

 

the fall from grace

now much maligned

no act of contrition

can fatten the wallet again,

and vanity wore out with first pair

of faded jeans,

 

the last ones with the Jordache label

the last of the emperor's rags

he'd taken with him,

 

as the Church door slammed 

him into feathered madness.

 

 

erin-cilberto

2/27/16

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

A very bleak picture of humanity I feel here, where everything we do is superficial, and the vultures have too much to do. (one question, is emperor/s intentional? It usually is with you.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

no actually, that was a typo...thanks for the catch...will fix...

and thanks for your insights...
j.

[Lyn Anderson]

no problem. That doesn't happen often with you.:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i am pretty careful of proofing but like i tell my students---it is hard to do our own stuff because we see what we meant to write---i am human..so thanks....

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

I can relate, and I truly appreciate when someone finds one of mine. So, feel free to return the favour anytime.

[Great Aunt Astri]

What a wonderful poem. Real poetry, words flowing like a stream.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Aunt Astri....

appreciate your words very much...

j.

[ms. barrie]

I'm in awe of your incredible use of rich metaphors depicting shallowness that
materialism {greed} , brings as well, as a sense of haughty cynicism
..brilliant duration & execution.

your pen never fails to captive the reader with your compelling ink drops
Thank you for sharing, Sir.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review of my rants...i feel so strongly about these issues.

j.

[ms. barrie]

so do I...since greed was/is the main motive of why my father allowed his
2nd wife turn against his own children & turned him into some despicable
stranger (& she's just a dragon witch, always was.)

-- oh, I apologize...over personalizing my review comment reply again

[jacob erin-cilberto]

when someone can personalize with a poem of mine, i am happy to have touched the reader in some way...so feel free.

[ms. barrie]

....Thank you, I'm so grateful for your prescence on here! (: