Abandoned

After extorting pound of flesh
lifetime humiliation drummed into captives
hammering indelible...

to salvage flotsam and jetsam
of human wreckage
amidst a sea where triage
witnessed...

I walked past them again, the family
They didn't look at me
They were busy
Busy with...

The impact, you ask?
Of the lonesome walk?
Of not being able to express yourself?
Of...

motive
unproven
but
guilty
as charged ..
he
shall swing
...

I don’t need
to like
or want you
just because
you think
you love me...

Though descendent of Jews,
I feel boggled at the brutal,
nasty and wanton war between
...

Silence,
Empty rooms and unworn shoes,

A coldness in the air,

Your whispers echo in...

The pyromaniac within yours truly
beckons sacrificial ritual
mine burning (man's)
...

Death no longer jars, nixes,
and rattles mine sense and sensibilities
without pride nor...

The stricken craft
M257 lay stuck
hard and fast upon
her leeward side ..
With...

Last rays of wicked flickering candlelight
even to this present day
(October 4th, 2023)...

Here in this miserable oubliette
where they have consigned me ..

I shall wait...

Continental drift spelled birth
once spelled Pangaea,
in early geologic time,
a...

Glad for birth write to express views
aware cunning linguists
will apply figurative screws...

Coincides with first day of fall
and Autumnal equinox for said year,
where colorful splash...

Millions of people fleeing their Motherland...

They've seen the reasons first...

Many...