Sunday, August 5, 2012

Living in dungeon, without four wall

Living in a dungeon, without four walls

In walls of four and a ceiling of twelve

The numbers on the tip of the finger,

Because out invited me not

Even when without, to axe joblessness

Lacking, smiling, and talking faces,

Extend my incarceration

Live on the streets with a streaming two-legged ghost.

Pounding the paths, for not there sustenance

Where is the government? Where is the job

Dearth all over, of job, of road, of water, of clinic,

Even of collective waste bin,

Litters, hugging the sky, stench feeding the nose

Yet, they are in charge; they got the jobs, elective offices.

Birth of deceit, gun, murder, lip service promises

Serve the state; they do, by throwing lavish wedding parties,

At the president’s town home, for the bride,

At the governor’s town home, as the groom,

At the governor’s state house, still as the groom,

Grand finale, at the palatial presidential palace

Their electrical power holder withheld power,

Living the balance of active imagination

I, though, ride on my prison term with friendly darkness.

The ever constant companion, anyway.

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