Tawdry Social Worlds
Interconnected are bright lights
Ever morphing under moons
That wax and wane with no thought
To cities like stars plentiful
That shine societal endeavor
Out in to the oblique cosmos,
For rough hands till soil
Whilst some don splendid firs
And haute couture,
A fallacy of rugged individualism,
Derived from bruised stones
And pedantic consumption,
Lost on hive minds
That inhabit worlds reproduced in language
And pervaded by inequality,
Where some feel guilt
For statuses ascribed
And others are left to soothe
The bitter lips that dwell
Just beyond panning cameras,
Just beyond previous failures,
For there is no return to past temptations,
Only an ever accelerating future
Tenebrous and unknown,
In tawdry social worlds.
Burning
Ashes rest languid and dullen
On tiled floors, tired and stained,
As snow falls to tightly caress
The tarred tears of misfortune,
But on as others choke
One is left to question
If inhalation singular
Must be so freely absolved
From the persistent,
Whose vices disturb the plural
Now many and stricken
With vexatious chants
Against decimation multiplied
Through the burning cries
Of self-flagellation,
For addiction gains animosity
When selfish desire dares
Consume all humanity.
Anthony is a mixed-race poet & writer whose work tends to focus on social inequality throughout late-modern society. Anthony travels frequently and has spent most of his life in Kuwait jostling between the UK & America. Anthony's work has been published 95 times internationally. Anthony has 1 published chapbook titled 'The Great Northern Journey'.
Twitter: @anthony64120