waste management

waste management

we are the folly of the facetious lot of them

politico cornmeal

for them to grind their teeth

the subjects with no adjectives

just naked nouns freezing in their sentenced logic 

we are indigestion 

the reason for their indignation

if only for themselves,

they would bask in the glory of egotistical clouds

but we pull them to earth

they crash in our perspective

like poorly made aircraft

short circuited missles

diving into the manure of faded democracy

taxing our patience as well as our pockets

glorifying themselves as gods

while the real God

becomes perplexed at the self-absorbed prophets

creating the doom of which they predict

the caring they castrate from our beings

they laugh,

we become poorer of spirit

the weakened fragments of ourselves

there is no dessert,

they don't need it,

their appetites are sated

they mumble cheerful testaments

of the crumbled masses

they rule

we give and give and live

and learn

after it's too late

to find the sun again

or

excuse ourselves from the table.

erin-cilberto

12/4/17

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This left me feeling rather mixed emotionally. I felt deflated and yet angry. We are the masses and we are used, abused and spat on by our 'leaders' who are only, it seems, in it for their own self aggrandisement. It makes me angry but when we strip it down what can we do as individuals?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for understanding---if only we could rise as one...

thank you for your words,
j.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Kudos and finger snaps j.! You channel the Greats, the poets of protest and purity , in your style and words. They bled truth and so do you. “Diving into the manure of faded democracy”- a line that Ginsburg would envy. Prophetic, painful, pathetic, perfect. Bravo!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words....and to be mentioned in the same sentence with Alan...that is really flattering---i really looked up to the Beats...still do...
j.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Praise for you is always well- deserved. The Beats are alive in your words...

[andrew mitchell]

Yes the only difference between organised crime and the government is one is legalised and they don't do jail time! Hard to believe they are so out of touch, I suppose their well filled pockets don't stretch to the rest of us and the waste by govt. spending is abhorrent to the extent it's almost a rape on society.This write is too good for them lol

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, andrew...
j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

Much truth, here.
Eloquent and metaphorical wisdom richly offered.
Unfortunately, we accuse but very rarely convict.
Great piece!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Jimmy.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

incredible closing sir...spot on commentary ..this line for me is pivotal:
"but we pull them to earth" ... things have slipped and chipped away for so long no one notices it seams ..and the norm is not good .. but that line is a spot of hope .. that this great Nation...unlike any other has the remnants remaining so that if we clean up our turf ..both as individuals and as a very large group ..stop exalting degradation of the spiritual thru all the avenues of perceptions ..perhaps we will find salvation as a country ...but when up is down and right is left ..it seems such a huge endeavor :((( your poem has got me movin' jacob ..in thought and prayer and another go round with me conscience ... whew .. and all i planned for the day was to burn out a stump in the yard ...:}
love ya man!
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i hope you still get to that stump....E.

thanks for your insights and sharing your feelings toward this poem...
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

i love this place jacob...its a bright spot of honesty for me in the morning .. your poetry is always inspiring ... peace brother .. the stump is good as burned ;)

[Dionysian Gnostic]

It makes one wonder whether true altruism exists. Pretending to serve as a way to serve oneself. I've become a bit cynical myself and make no apologies for this but I think there's plenty of material to work with.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for sharing your feelings on this one, Dionysian,
j.

[Paul Bell]

I think they start out with good intentions.
But once they're in the machine, they become part of it.
I think we're all in for the ride, no matter what changes.
Isn't that vote such a powerful tool to have.?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i, too, believe they start out with good intentions....but then the road to hell is paved with those, so they say.
thank you, Paul.
j.