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the sky is coughing,
wheezing the desperate gases of modern existence

its lungs congested,
spewing out the phlegm of a polluted horizon

the sea is dark,
layered with tempestuous waves

surfed by governments, militaries
and corporative titans

doing a balancing act on political boards
embedded with barnacles of rapacious wipe out

the sea’s once pristine surface
is contaminated with the fuel-trail of goliath barges

laden with the black blood of investors, allied power brokers
and apparitions of nationalized self-interests

our landscapes are repeatedly gang-raped
by domestic construction

by power plant gardeners,
and precious metal miners

by endangered animal hunters,
and rain forest ravagers

by lavish sky scarper designers,
and a sundry of inventors and scientists

mixing into an expanding populace of poor, sickly beings
their collective spirit invaded by fear, doubt

madison ave., the dow, hollywood
and assorted platforms of personality worship

converging with the core heart of civilization
enslaved by hatred, bigotry and class distinction

controlled by psychopaths, sociopaths,
murderers, sadistic gang-bangers

by holier-than-thous,
and the super-rich and their elite sycophants

by the regalia of religious fanatics,
and the doldrums of day laborers

by cults of soccer moms,
and drug-induced analysts

by ranks of artists and actors,
and a pantry of didactic poets

by a maelstrom of misguided leaders,
and day dreamers of misplaced adventure

history repeats itself
like a lucid nightmare

and perseveres to be reborn
from exhumed bones in the remains of progress

life traverses the circuitry of an incessant armageddon
beneath the creative whispers of an awakening cosmos

where the sky is laughing stars
and some of its travelers desiring to remain incognito