Is it still
stream of consciousness
if I keep deleting previous
streams?
sure it is
you’re just joining the stream
a
little
further
down
some of that is bound to still be in the water
water is life
quenches thirst
extinguishes infernos
but water also carries disease
malaria – ask those folks about water.
thousands drown in the same
hurricane-churned waters in which
they’d frolicked days before
water carries life and death at once
why continue to be surprised?
the dream of utopia is futile
there is no castle on a cloud
Gilead or Hunger Games far more likely
as we are coming to see
Lady Atwood knew her shit.
still knows it, by the way
It pains me to watch her age –
we won’t have her forever
but there will be another prophetess
just as she replaced the prophets
Huxley
Orwell
even H.G. Wells.
The future ain’t so grand, folks.
BUT
there is always a resistance,
so. there is always hope
that one day we won’t wake up
to poisoned water.
This is my #SoCS (Stream of Consciousness Saturday) offering. The rule is NO EDITING, which I will continue to point out is SUPER, DUPER difficult for me.
Enjoy.
defying atrophy 