by-standers
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published 10th March 2017 3:21pm
when spectators
no longer speculate
becoming participants
in silence
pretending
not
to know anything
easier than
translating
conscience
in ten-thousand
languages
non-cracks-the-deal
uniformity
in
the box
regurgitating sameness
enlightenment, glory, trophy
finding god
becoming god-like
while the wiser slip
quietly
knowing too much
and ...
no longer speculate
becoming participants
in silence
pretending
not
to know anything
easier than
translating
conscience
in ten-thousand
languages
non-cracks-the-deal
uniformity
in
the box
regurgitating sameness
enlightenment, glory, trophy
finding god
becoming god-like
while the wiser slip
quietly
knowing too much
and ...
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