social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Los Angeles
I refuse to have there be something I need to achieve. it scares me in small fleeting seconds, the judgement i project on this city I live in, where car horns are honked excessively, & the whole energy is one of “rush.” speed is admired here. wealth defines your social status. this is a corruption. corrupt because it’s a thin, selfish & fearful desire the society within this city feeds off, that there’s always something in the future. the clock eats them. swallows them & digests them whole, then over & over, daily. there’s always something in the future for LA, always. & they never quit chasing the future, because the future never comes.
By Emily Serena5 years ago in Poets
