White Noise

the speakers emit the

grating noise perpetually

a painstaking plan of

torture that will undermine

the operative's sanity

supposedly

maybe the operative has

the mind of a brick shithouse

minus the depravity

found down the dark hole

but the enemy prison

is no different a dark hole

because s**t can fester

in corners where the light

is devoid and Amnesty International

are dirty words when concatenated

and said on television

of course, allies are enemies

in the new cloak and dagger

way of doing business and

vice versa so the enemy of

my enemy may as well be

my frenemy with benefits

because holes of blackness

can create unholy things

so outside the light of day,

this is the white noise that

emits constantly from the

speakers near the prison ceiling

and so the torture is unsurprising

even if it's painstaking elaborate

and even if the mind of condemned

is a brick shithouse that can 

withstand the heat and the pressure,

humans will never get any better

no matter what salvific actions

they undertake

we are the scum of the universe,

and that songs will be the white noise

on the prison speakers for eons to come

Reviews

[Ruth]

If anyone voiced "get off your arse and freakin look AND listen"...you have done so and still do....real score...potent x

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks, Poppy.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Silence is, at times, a beautiful thing and to find peace and learn how to keep it is a joy. An interesting and rather dark, yet enjoyable write.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you, Carolann.

[An owl on the moon]

There is such a dark fire here... your words that echo across the horrid history of the ages... so many reducing humans to less than animal... to dirt... and it goes on and on... this dark song of pain... wanting so much for it to end.

[Kenneth The Poet]

I understand Craig. Thank you.

[Mockingbird]

i understand now how hearing the same music over and over is successful form of torture. indicates a deep knowledge and understanding of the workings of the government and international affairs. also conveys some cynicism and fatalism. an epic work.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Agreed and not just songs, simple noises as well such as microphone feedback and dial tones. Thank you again.

[Nusquam Esse]

I especially liked the stanza about the frenemies. Still it could be worse than white noise, which while annoying, is not as bad as listening to obnoxious 80s music/ Justin Beiber for 9 hours straight. (Worse part about work, having to listen to that garbage, and having no choice.)

[Kenneth The Poet]

I get that. I work in a box store myself on the weekends and I hear the same songs over and over again.