Creation groans
under the yoke
of this artificial life.
.
The senselessness,
the falsity of it all,
hawked like counterfeit wares.
.
Duplicity, complicity,
in high and low places.
Strangers to shame, one and all.
.
Chasing our “truths”
like a tail that was
long since cropped.
.
Naked emperors
vying for a throne
of fool’s gold.
.
All empires end.
One day there will be
an end to all empires.
.
What is now a mere
spark, an ember,
will one day be an inferno.
About the Creator
Randy Baker
Poet, author, essayist.
My Vocal "Top Stories":
* The Breakers Motel * 7 * Holding On * Til Death Do Us Part * The Fisherman
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Let's Don't Do This
"I just can't do this anymore..." "Do what?" What can't you do? Put gas in your own car? I swear to God you make me take care of everything, don't you? You know I'm on my way to work right now but that never stops you from bothering me, does it?"
By Shirley Belk7 days ago in Fiction
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Ohhhh, so powerful, Randy! This feels so relevant to what is going on in the world right now.
Sad to read.. if only we could all move forward… Top job though Randy - very well written ! 👍
Brilliantly written
so very true and so very well written
We reap what we sow. A tired phrase, but still very appropriate for describing the world. This piece is fantastic. "Duplicity, complicity, in high and low places. Strangers to shame, one and all." Ugh, ain't that the truth?
Seems like too much artificial intelligence out there, in computers and humans