A crumudgeon, to coliginus moon
Shine downs the throat of apathy
And into the spines of Somalian
Bloodlines like fish freshly paralyzed
hoppin' for breath just across
From a fine mansion with a moat
Genius! True genius like a nonchalant
Einstein with eyes made of diamond
George Washington for skin
And sheep's fur atop his skull
Under the microlense dead skin cells
Nickels & dimes of a quarter
Credit rating for inflatable baboons floating
With greed as in deadly sin merging
With an amendment
Our office cut like unwanted limbs
Dressed in pressed suits
Disfigured bodies packed in briefcases
And returned in such disorder
Killing the lower class dismorphic pleasure
© Anthony Desmond Scott. All Rights Reserved.
nice..wicked flow anthony...great to see you back...so you going to be first...the middle class has more stab marks than ceasar, brutus potus & the posse of house and sin-ate just look the other way and whistle...
ReplyDeletebrilliant, simply brilliant
ReplyDeletetight write and great message...Dressed in pressed suits
ReplyDeleteDisfigured bodies packed in briefcases...good stuff anthony...sorry, if i knew you would join, i would've let you be first...smiles - great to see ya in the pub!
Welcome back - I've missed your raw, imagery-soaked words. Powerful write. Love the lines "Credit rating for inflatable baboons floating", "With greed as in deadly sin merging / With an amendment" and of course the closer.
ReplyDeleteSo very true, the middle class gets the shaft everytime, greed haunts us all in one way or another.
ReplyDeleteLove this evocative, satirical write - I too missed your powerful voice, nice to hear it again!
ReplyDeletewow, nice punch, all so true, great imagery used to get your point across.
ReplyDeleteWith today's credit crunch today middle class is disappearing, becoming lower class. A very Crisp poem.
ReplyDeletePotent imagery in this poetic commentary.
ReplyDeleteMy first time reading your poems and was taken bck by the talent you have with your poerful words. I agree!
ReplyDeleteFrom a fine mansion with a moat
Genius! True genius like a nonchalant
Einstein with eyes made of diamond
George Washington for skin
And sheep's fur atop his skull
You are the Genius with these words!
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Anthony, love the write. Language, tone and flow. Perfect really
ReplyDeleteWelcome back ~
ReplyDeleteYour words cut here specially these:
Dressed in pressed suits
Disfigured bodies packed in briefcases
And returned in such disorder
Killing the lower class dismorphic pleasure
Whhoooaaa! Brutally powerful!! Seriously, there is no other way to describe the current financial trends across the country (or should I simply say "globe"?)
ReplyDeleteAn excellent write!
Powerpunched, no holding back, got something to say. Enjoyed it. No lower class or middle class, its just the haves, if they have their way.
ReplyDeleteStrange eccentric and powerful write Anthony - you take words and squeeze them to death!
ReplyDeleteThe last line says it all. Nice write. Lots of raw emotion-holding nothing back is your great style and you don't disappoint here. Welcome back.
ReplyDelete..poignant piece and lots of sharp imagery.. tight one and cuts deeply to one's understanding!
ReplyDelete~Kelvin
I'm sorry about your office getting sliced off like that. That sucks! Well, of course this may be fiction, or partly, but still, this moved me a lot and was awesomely written. The disfigured bodies in briefcases is an as good an image as I've read in a poem.
ReplyDeleteAs to your profile in the sidebar.. you ARE now a poetic phenomenon, and probably always will be, as poets are born not made, I believe.
So many poets in Michigan -- what's in the water up there??
Brillant write...Anthony..love the "Disfigured bodies packed in briefcases"...all of it "Wicked" as Brian said...thank you..bkm
ReplyDeleteThis feels like an automatic flow - which i like very much - strong words creating intersting mental pictures - i very much like the pictures they have an uncomfortable discord in line with the poem - disharmonious and attractive
ReplyDeleteArron Shilling
the packed in briefcases line really stood out for me as well. potent and powerful. current, yet timeless...and despite that fantastic imagery and wordplay...all to real. Great step to the mic! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're a brilliant poetic badass, Anthony. And this piece is another cut and polished diamond of language and image.
ReplyDeleteBiting and incisive commentary. You always make me think. Also, the artwork you choose is always so powerful and appropriate.
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