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Empty bottles
a sodden reminder
of how my thoughts
drain as quickly
as these ten beers

Smoke lines the wall
like preying snakes
and the pungency
attacks the nose
and every intake
laden my lungs

The ashtray fills
the packet lightens
coke stains the glass
with residues of ***
and my digestive track
looks much the same.
What can we do
when it all falls down
around our feet
and they,
all of them,
expect us to be commanding

Always
they expect someone
to take the reigns
because everyone
is ashamed
of their own decisions

Better to criticise
than to have
that biblical rock
thrown in your face

So do we shirk?

Do we be hesitant?

Or do we be unabashed?

Yes.
There is a lack of an artist
in our world,
our society,
today.

Civilisation ceases to be just that
without the genius brush on the easel
or the charismatic words on a page
or even without the sound of music

In arts place, we have sickness

Sickness in the embodiment of
a piece of paper with a numeric

Sickness in the hearts of men
who care nothing more than to get a coffee
and to beat the red light

Learn to love the red light, my friend

Learn to love the wait
for it will lessen the strain
that unnecessary strain
of commitments in half beliefs

You must embrace
the simplicity of every heartbeat
the simplicity of every sunset
on every dormant Sunday

It is within the calm rustle
of the leaves of the trees
that the whispers of truth speak longest,
with words of wisdom
that settle in your ear;

“Stay calm, and be easy
you men of restlessness,
for there is nothing
worth your worry,
for there is nothing
that can harm you,
that already hasn't,
for there is nothing,
nothing
at
all.”
They cry for Nationalism
and they seek purity
but all they will find
is ****** and pride

We all want our
individuality

We all want our
sense of being

However,
these fanatic imbeciles
do not realise
that in order to achieve
individuality
we need to achieve
understanding
in being
an individual.
When faced with reality
or when curiosity stares
no one can ever say
dare they fall down
ever more into nonsense
riled in your own disbelief

— The End —