Limbo Manifesto

In limbo
quicksand beneath my feet
like a one armed swimmer
in a sea of incertitude
inevitable, the trees
do move towards Dunsinane
and like Macbeth-
stalwart believer in duplicity
the snarling dogs of destiny
growl grotesquely at my heels

With each sinking sun
the earth is swinging
from a noose slipped over its neck
by prurient practitioners
of pre-ordained prevarication
determined to keep us locked
in inviolate submission
shackled consent-subjugation

The irrational rapacity of cunning
killers feverishly thirsting for
the supreme sacrifice-
your unquestioning loyalty
to the drudgery of existence
like Caesar astonished at
the throat cutting treachery
of Brutus’ deceit, we march to
the guillotine of patriotic revisionism

The burning forest of dissent
raises voices like flames
feverishly exhorting the people’s
proclamation of self-determination
barbed-wire thorns
like stinging nettles
keeps democracy ensnared
and the people desperate
for their rights will gnaw
at their foot
caught in the trap
of jingoistic politicians
threatening us with manufactured
terror like any other capitalistic commodity
for mass consumption
for mass hysteria
and mind control rhetoric
to keep you in line
like the sand soaked soldier
defending the black blood
of the desert
following the orders of mad men
who trade death for freedom,
exploit the less fortunate
with promises of glory and exultation

The bleeding lips of democracy
are shut
The corpse of democracy
is rotting
The crucible of democracy
is smoldering

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