Tin Can With a Wire Handle

From all identical to nothing identical

many exceptions to no exceptions

eventually deduced from the above

all deductions being eventual

that to have a spirit there must be suffering

now for the latest in strong arm technology

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates

that 13,013 food industry workers lost limbs

or other body parts in 2002 or was that 1001 ha ha

could make the butcher into a holy man

a 19th century ideology will do that to you

what this nation needs for butt certain

is a political high colonic with legs akimbo

he was from a long line of puzzle junkies

the trailer trash intelligentsia

bleeders dwarfs and lap dance assassins

in from the cold but still shivering

his autonomous mind shallow in a good way

no you’re right that is not possible

his recliner chair was his best friend

growing old and senile and blind

sitting for hours in the back yard

thistle weeds growing up around his car seat

the sun finally warmed his wondering body

and chrome towing ball head

run off the road from self examination

wailing an alert outward in all directions

setting fire to news vans pissing on reporters

for keeping us blind and stupid

the only thing not hypothetical is right now

where they murder their own truth seekers

because the truth belongs to no one

yah they killed a lot of angels to get here

sure as the jitney starts and stops

but since the struggle is no longer for survival

that should tell you something

existence is apparently making a point

it's a tin can with a wire handle

God has mocked you a thousand times

well ding dong mock him back

and attain your victory through semiotics

you know the imperial rhetorical

more missing teeth every time

seeing two objects because you got two eyes

will work the hourglass to a standstill

his bruised face was a horrifying presence

basically I did it to make myself laugh

utilizing the latest Child of Defiance plug in

From "Engine of Didactic Beauty" available on Amazon

Reviews

[Bhuyanshi Talukdar]

It sounds like you're describing a sense of disillusionment and frustration with the state of the world, and the way that people can be hurt by systems of power and control. The lines "to have a spirit there must be suffering" suggest a sense of the importance of struggle and pain in the human experience. The mention of "growing old and senile and blind / sitting for hours in the back yard" suggests a sense of the inevitability of aging and the way that it can lead to a sense of isolation and loneliness. Overall, the poem seems to convey a sense of the complexity and difficulty of the human experience, and the need to find meaning and purpose in a world that can often seem chaotic and unfair.