There was a time
when the Beltane fires
blasted, the massive
crowds face
with orange heat,
when women danced,
swirling and singing
in an orgiastic fury.
When a poet’s tongue
could raise a lover’s skirt,
and with passions
unparalleled part
a virgin’s legs,
when well written words
would stir adventurous hearts
to grand feats,
and the poets would be seen
and remembered.
Now black hole brains
and shallow stares
sink solemnly
onto their blinking screens.
The poets are not seen.
Their truths are no longer gleaned.
Their words are not heard.
Dull faces are lit
by other people’s
facebook, twitter,
and instagram bullshit.
The fools have forgotten
the former passions
of this existence.
Thus, the poets dies,
unmourned
by the unmoved masses.