The Solution

A little rotten meat won't kill you.
Just suck between your teeth and swallow it down.
The water in your tap carries the gifts of industry, solute!
The sheen of a lake mirrors mercury.
Now we've got a picnic.
Our table's recycled plastic. I wonder how that works,
while I enjoy the fetid breeze.
We need more fire!
We need to dig and find the mother of gold
and chain her for daily raping.
We need to mix the goos of life and science 
to be the gods we dream of.
All of baby's toys are made of poison.
Don't check the label. Smell it.
Smell the air.
Mother's milk's a cocktail, solute!
Only the metals are pure now and they are melting.
They are melting in the fire of plastic god dreams.
And they are melting into us.
And we are set; 
silvery statues lining the path of reason
as it gently curves around 
Through the express tunnel up its a*s. 
Smell the air of tomorrow.
Enjoy paradise.

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

This is great satire-laugh and cry at the same time! You nailed every one of these crimes against nature & humanity in a witty and original way."Mother's milk's a cocktail, solute!-brilliant line. Relevant statement poem.Just love this! Kudos!

[mattavelli]

Thank you, Annette! :)

[1VJ]

Gritty stuff! Ha ' express tunnel up its a*s' one of the lines that made me laugh, but it's all pretty hilarious at our own expense.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Paloma! :)
And, ugh, it wasn't meant to be funny. I was going for condescending and bleak. Haha

[1VJ]

It was that too, you hit a few marks with your rant. :)

[M. L. F.]

lololol!! I like it.... This is a witty jab of a poem. Insightful and gutsy. Great message..

[mattavelli]

Thanks, I'm a wasteful slob, figured id insult my peers. Haha

[Bo Lanier]

nicely written. i like it.

[terry smith]

So true, so true!!!! and if we only really REALLY knew!!

[Roland Petrov]

The rotten meat won't kill you because they've added some antiseptic pink slime to it. Solute! Excellent poem.

[mattavelli]

That's tasty!!!

[Coyote Poetry]

I recommend don't eat rotten meat. Can kill you. I liked the poem. Honest and direct thoughts without concern of be kind.
"silvery statues lining the path of reason
as it gently curves around
Through the express tunnel up its a*s.
Smell the air of tomorrow.
Enjoy paradise. "
The closing lines above were outstanding. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry. I liked this poem.
Coyote

[mattavelli]

Thank you, Coyote.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[Lasune]

This poem really pulled me in, it carried a very urgent message. Nicely worded.

[mattavelli]

Thanks, Lasune. :)
I tried to be offensive here.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Not a beautiful picture you're drawing and sadly enough it's the true. Thank you for sharing this contemplating poem. :) Rudi

[mattavelli]

Thank you, Rudi. I wanted to make this one ugly.

[Kshitij Srivastava]

Hi Matt, nice to read a blank verse from you. 👍
Amazing, how everything around us is so intermingled. Enjoyed reading this one.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Kshitij.

[Kshitij Srivastava]

You are welcome. :)