Sunday, January 14, 2018

Establishment

Establishment
is a polysyllabic word
too long to use in casual
conversation.

Establishment
is mostly defined as
an existing power structure,
'The Man'.

Establishment
enables entrenched interests
to maintain authority over
opinion.

Establishment
can be a subtle influence
on perceptions and values,
consciousness.

Establishment
dictates opinion but
opinion is not determined by
establishment.

Establishment
is opposed to opinion
and opinion reinforces establishment
so we become

Establishment
in my opinion.

So I cut Establishment and
let loose the cats of wail
blow the walls of agate
scream the screed of shadow.

The break
is
made
when
rules
are
turned into muddy flowers...
ellipsis
follows an incomplete
opinion
established
by a bespectacled frog
the true brain of
the swamp.

Look to the skies for
missile trails
but forget our love of
sunsets,
mottled blazing shades of red
could well be nuclear debris.

Shut up!
There's nothing more to say
when butterflies cry and
seeds fail to climb
to a dying sun
in her coruscating pyramid of

Establishment.

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