Edified

A Poem

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

Releasing erudition like a smokestack
coming to rest on emulsified air
trying to restore dead religion
words that keep crumbling in front of you
The narcissism of the day
a plague on questioning houses
tried to demonstrate some solidarity
but there was no one at the protest
Even the masks don’t keep you quiet
kept from the sorrow of people you love
The losers go on counting the winnings
in abstract dollar amounts
concealing the fatal…