Sewage Treatment Plant

Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps. - Thoreau

depression washed over him like effluent

the sludge of a sadistic thief

even sewers empty somewhere

their covers can be lifted

no one dares look 'til they have to

but they're there

music and hope are porta-potties

they keep us moving

no matter

Author's Note

“Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[barleygirl]

As a bipolar person, I've been depressed half my life & it can be very much like sludge. I'm intrigued by your title, which drew me in, but I didn't feel much of a connection between your title & your poem (not a good or bad thing, just an observation), altho I love both. I'm most reminded of those super strong type A personalities who never show any weakness all thru the years of attaining this & that, but then depression hits later in life & they crumble like a tower, but there are good aspects, as your poem suggests, in that they lift off the lid & take an honest look becuz they are forced to (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

thanks. i was thinking of how even crappy things of life (depression) can be "treated" and overcome ... :)