by LJ Frank
a dream or nightmare of conscience
Thomas More’s Utopia is of little use
the face in the mirror is a camouflage of an anti-hero,
a neo-morality of innovation economics
follow the money abides
narcisscitic fantasies in brute force
co-equal has evolved into the reflection of “I”
the poetic spirit of Rainer Maria Rilke seeks a conscience
while mercenaries of the Right deliberate under dark robes
and the elite watch from an island…
the amorphous state of affairs are labeled
anti-eroticism of the geographic, economic, and politic…
with Variations on a Greek theme
an 18th century document is hailed
designed for adaptation was the thought
and filtered down through the walls
of the noirish 1935 Marble Palace
the cadence of intent, motive, and private interests
disclaimers unbound
and clerks scurry between offices
hearts palpitating with dockets in the shadows
pointed accusations to castigate the Others –
for the very thing one is guilty of,
and liberal or conservative depends
on the subject, the time, and the place
democracy is a useful tool
with a questionable future relevance
yet authoritarianism has outlived its raison d’être
and the entrails of rhetoric bleed profusely
as capitalism is for the illiterate masses
while the elite minded relish socialism
in velvet roped off suites
and language is but a veil
for the justices understand fear and trembling
and how to use it to their advantage
the manipulations of the brain’s cells
allows for the desired polarizing effect
nothing is un-purposely leaked or hidden
for there is no Lucifer, no Mephistopheles, no Satan, No Beelzebub,
No Prince of Darkness, no Djinn, No Diablo, no Fallen Angel.
nor is there a Yahweh, no Jehovah, no Allah, no God,
all such words are inventions of man’s mind
to ease the pain of an existential aloneness
regardless of an invisible Creator
for salvation through faith is alive even if agnostic
and such is the nature of the comfort food of thought
the justices know the techniques of inspiration –
the crowd in irony wants someone greater than them
and so, the justices know that redirection is to their benefit
ignorance is more effective than literacy
for rulings are issued in religious like ritual
take it personal or not
what are admonitions in effect
a dystopia morality overshadows the court’s existence
while there are those who ponder
whether they should join the corruption
while activists take to the streets for a missing link
still others watch from the sidewalks in their heads
as if it was another spectator sport
while John of Revelations eats his sacred mushrooms.
