untimely weather

untimely weather

 

 

 

dragonflies posthumously stick to battered windshields

life in the fast lane

humans scarce

but highways congested with a buzz of relief

 

and yet, wings are ripped apart for ego's sake

cars won't back off,

full-speed suicide into embankments

 

while banks empty out like roadkill

states cocoon into ghost trees

there is a fall,

 

inconsequential to leaves turning

but the on-ramps are all closed to 

the traffic of poverty

 

I am becoming a dragonfly

searching a windshield

 

perhaps I won't feel it 

go through my heart.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/25/2020

Reviews

[Jimmy Yetts]

Profoundly pessimistic.
But, I suppose, starting at the bottom of a ravine only leaves a traveler one way to go--
hopefully, not into the ground.
An amazing piece of work, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Jimmy,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

You dread what lies ahead. It has only just started and the knock on effect is going to be awful. There are going to be many more deaths and alot of poverty. Keep safe and away from crowds. Those dragonflies aren't prepared to wait to find out. They are out of it already.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Chris,
j.

[Paul Bell]

The highway to hell incorporating 2020 roadkill.
Some think January 1st will be utopia. Probably too late for the ones already on the streets though, but let's be optimistic nothing else for it.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, optimism if we can conjure it up.
AC/DC wrote and sang about this year a long time ago.
j.

[Paul Bell]

Can't beat AC/DC

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A eloquent portrayal of how many must feel right now with covid on top of environmental and the political state we are in across the globe. We are indeed awaiting our personal windscreens by simply sitting letting it all happen. A note worthy piece Jacob!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, John,
j.

[Neville]

................ if its quick and relatively pain free, it'll do for me, but I refuse to go searching for it .. one mans windshield is another mans poisoned arrow .............. disturbingly deep but maybe liberating too...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think Paul Simon would like your line in this review...thank you, Neville,
j.