Friday, October 13, 2023

Poem: Dogpaddlers

 

 

Dogpaddlers

 

dogpaddlers in a sea of cellphones,

dollar bills eager as mosquitoes,


what a vulnerable underbelly,

what braggart confidence:

 

we chain the short term gain

to the long term zero

with the interest rate of our souls.

 

we push the illlusion so fast

over an abyss of compulsion,

below the brainstorm of our competence.

 

a fatalism so toothy, 

so cruel and voracious,

it lurks inconceivable

under the pretty of the lie.




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4/9 ... more mods... 

1/29/24 mods


10/13 ... big changes to last stanza... "dogpaddlers" replaces "dogpaddling"




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