stay quiet

stay quiet

 

 

the enlightenment is awash

the wet world engages in 

rinse, spinning the narrative

 

into definition

one comprised of weary words

played on a tape

over and over again,

the lip syncing is amazing

 

but then,

repetition

rote memory

forgetting about us

 

is all part of the process

we are the world

but his is a fractured replica

 

and he is cutting his teeth

on the pieces

 

infants tend to that behavior

when nursing an ego

but the blood of the people

 

is left in a vile vial.

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/29/2020

Reviews

[Pete]

political rhetoric and media spin bombard us. everyone wants their say in a broken world. maybe we would be better off if folks stopped acting like babies and just 'stayed quiet' while they worked on gluing things back together again. well said commentary on the state of affairs. it's always about what someone is going to do for us. action speak louder than words and inflated egos ... :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that's what I want, Pete...from anyone who is running for office.
shut up and do the work. and be a leader for all of us not just one of us.
thank you,
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

for decades i have been warning my children about propaganda .. and the machine that uses it so stealthily ... tho purhaps we differ on the culprits referred to in this poem, your social commentary and sarcasm are brilliant says i .. Socialist/Communist seduction of the USA Free, Republic enterprise began with the Cold War and Khrushchev, in my opinion of course ..the formula thoroughly embraced by the Democratic Party .. my Da's Party .. when it meant something righteous ... a tiny piece taken here (no school prayer nor pledge of allegiance) another there (get God out of the picture) and there (mock and ridicule religious and political leaders) (tear down meaningful symbols) (corrupt the youth with sex and drugs) (control the press and schools) ... ad infinitum... now i am disregarded as a "Conspiracy Nut Case" eh ;} wonderful .. powerful poem jacob ... when you write like this all your poems of a poets loss of inspiration, words and feelings are put away .. you skirt the line of neutrality like a tight rope walker my friend! well done says i! excellent work!
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

although I do fall off that tightrope in one direction...but I appreciate others feelings and thoughts in that arena...we are who we are and we don't all think alike.
thank you, E....
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

we are indeed ... and thank goodness eh!? its the acceptance that is the greater issue in differences .. when both sides are not swayed by the other.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Now I wonder what and who is being referred to here. Political spin and all the soundbite phrases are like stale cake by now and most of the world just wants to hang the washing out for all to see. Donald on the other hand has already bee diagnosed by his niece (if I recall correctly). But from where I am standing it's ether Trump of a geriatric. At least if Biden wins we know it is likely America will have iots first black, female president within the term of office I am led to believe.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that could all happen, John...absolutely could.
thank you for adding your slant to this,
read morethat could all happen, John...absolutely could.
thank you for adding your slant to this,
j.