Poems About Alice Fulton by Top Critiquers

( After Alice Fulton )    
       
I once had reason to fear        
humans in general—        
     
people are people, individual        
as their unpredictable demeanor        
regardless of upbringing          
       
I've experienced them        
in farmhouse pigsties        
to Buckingham Palace—        
often unable to tell a difference        
aside from clothes or conduct.          
       
I once observed various groups        
in a museum:        
       
The elite,...

So desperate to please you,
quantity over quality, fearing loss,  
 
sensual in thought but,  
more mechanical in reality  
 
the love is still there  
where passion is not.
 
Your spirit’s essence  
creates imagined warmth.
 
For as much as I long for your company,  
I’m relieved when we part.
 
The mental jenga which  
wreaks havoc in mind and body,  
 
leaves anguished sentence fragments  
when we attempt to reconcile.
 
What was once unified,  
was...

I have a hard time understanding anti-maskers
when they claim their rights
are being fringed upon,
it’s somewhere along the lines
of anti-vaxxers, it just sounds wrong.

I know everyone is entitled to their own views,
but it seems that lately
we’re an individualistic society,
people will believe the lies
and ignore the truth
simply because it’s easier.

Then again, selfishness, like greed, is a disease,
it slowly tears away
at the fabric of humanity,
it’s manifested in anger
with hatred and ignorance, ...