Unknown in Civilised Combat
Forests crash about my ears
Cliffs about my waist
Cadillacs about my rear
Now hopelessly defaced
Fireworks flash above my head
And waterworks below
And earthworks covered up our dead
Until ten days ago
In confusion we must breed
Reptiles of the mind
Who will do the willing deed
And cure the sick behind
Sanctimony is our pledge
Poverty our aim
Living well beyond the edge
The borders lasting fame
Forelock-tugging peasants are
The parents of the blind
And, gathered in from near and far
They never seem to mind
In truth, they never seem to know
The right hand from the left,
And, when they move, they move so slow
A slug seems like an eft
Contributors: | Apsley, Roland, fester, loaf, P, Anon., Padmavyuha. |
Poem finished: | 16th November 2001. |