Capital Offense
They can't exterminate the poor just yet
but can, machine by elegant machine,
remove the little livelihood they have
and, House by House and Senate by Senate,
strip away what sustenance is left.
They'll starve the filthy parasites instead,
these great, mysterious, makers of jobs
(whose hatred has a reservoir of patience
bequeathed like water from shrinking glaciers
into the salty and slowly toxic sea).
but can, machine by elegant machine,
remove the little livelihood they have
and, House by House and Senate by Senate,
strip away what sustenance is left.
They'll starve the filthy parasites instead,
these great, mysterious, makers of jobs
(whose hatred has a reservoir of patience
bequeathed like water from shrinking glaciers
into the salty and slowly toxic sea).
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Author's Note
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
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This piece connects with me in similar fashion to certain horror films - I get the same feeling reading this piece as I do watching The Day the Earth Stood Still - Robert Wise's great film (1951). Some consider Wise's film to be science fiction, but I think they're wrong. It's pure horror.
"machine by elegant machine"
Yes. *
We have an army.
We own the police.
We can wait.
We are the 1%.
Wonderful final image. Couldn't agree with you more. *
Good to read you again! That "reservoir of patience" has the perfect death knell vibe.
Some great lines in this piece, the opening stanza was my favourite, mostly for the opening line. Keep it up, this is great.
"They can't exterminate the poor just yet" sets a provocative and subversive tone.*
Bravo. *
The heart of the matter. *