A trillion lights bid hasty reflection The bowed following preordained paths to cardboard suburbia , under jet fuel rain , gnashed in misery , some oxycontin follower , worshippers of Herod , rock ***** payback in five dollar denominations A trick , a spittle of ***** in a ladle drawing gold from a coat pocket Like a child's first snow , the learners license , naked in city lake Kings with chewed teeth , bottom feeders in search of a vein , convenient Christ for **** and Jane , peanut butter for crustless sandwiches and taxed brains Anarchy dreams , Presidential schemes , Syrian children burnt beyond recognition , American pregnant teens , what would Jesus do ? He's left us to our own devices* ...
**** Be gentle with me .. My first foray into spoken word poetry *** Copyright February 7 , 2017 by Randolph L Wilson * All Rights Reserved