All You Can Eat

All You Can Eat

 

 

consumer index at an all time high

hope devoured

claws of assumption dripping blood

a carnage of disinterest

 

buffet of barbaric portions

 

apathy for dessert

filling our vain intentions

 

not fulfilling

the emptiness in famished hearts...

 

 

erin-cilberto

4/29/17

Reviews

[Antonio Valentino]

makes me think of republicans gutting healthcare..

but then what doesn't these days..

yes its hard to fill a whole in a heart..

bravo my friend

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you are so right, Antonio....what doesn't?

life gets harder and politicians get more about themselves...i like your take here.
j.

[Antonio Valentino]

yea dont get me started on politics right now i might slap a red hat off somebody haha

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Excellent! "Claws of assumption dripping blood...a carnage of disinterest"- masterful use of words and imagery. I love this on-point description of our materialistic Pac-Man society.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like your reply with the Pac-Man...one of my best friends, she used to play that all the time...i have such fond memories of her.
thank you, Annette.
j.

[Paul Bell]

The have's have got most of the cake.
The have not's don't even get the crumbs now.
Will it change. I doubt it.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

interesting and insightful words, Paul.
j.

[Mel Jayne]

Interesting poem, very graphic and full of double meanings. I liked it a lot and I especially liked the last line as it takes the idea of the heart as a symbol for hope and love to another level.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Mel...

j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Capitalist carnivores abound as the masses vie to own the biggest TV, the fastest car and the nicest house without a thought for the real issues such as poverty and war and the destruction of the planet. You bring this to the reader with a no held punches metaphorical piece Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love your insights, John,

thank you.

j.