Neville

The Tears of a Crowd Forming

The Tears of a Crowd Forming

 

Hark, and come closer,

what is it you

feel through the soles

of your feet ..

Can you hear them

assembling and

numbered, each ragged

and real ..

Queuing in line and such

vast numbers ..

Unsightly, uneven in row

upon row ..

Yet as yet, still frightfully

ordered

and neatly composed ..

However,

take note, before long

the sounds

you shall hear will be those

of our tears

forming and falling, in some

kind of obscene

and collective defeat ..

Indeed ..

What began as a trickle,

now rages

outrageously, like a swift

flowing river

of saline corroding, all that

it touches enroute ..

So hark and come closer ..

Pray what

can you taste, through

your nose,

your palms, your tongue

and your throat ..

No doubt nothing but fear

and adrenaline ..

So fight it, come closer

stand directly

behind me and hold fast

to my skirts

Oh’ and pray, keep both

your eyes tightly shut ..

For I am afraid

whilst there may be no

scenic route near ..

There may yet be more

than enough,

sorry sights, for both of us ..

And be sure

not to look at the babies ..

Torn from their

own mothers breasts,

nor at too many freshly

dug graves

that might otherwise,

whisper

your name, as you pass ..

And if you can

keep far away from the

lime pits because

they will blind and will

burn you ..

While the dogs roam

everywhere

free and unchecked ..

Snapping blindly

and drawing blood if

they can, or they think

they can ..

And don’t be fooled

by the teeth overflowing

from buckets ..

Each pulled for the gold

they contain ..

But now and then tho’

more randomly

for nothing but fun ..

Then later,

shorn like beasts for

the hair on

their heads from which

we all make

first rate ghetto blankets

these days and our

famed winter mattresses ..

But instead, fall soundly

asleep without

heads full of nightmares ..

Or blinded by

glare from the arc lamps ..

Bouncing off

yellow stained cloth stars

haphazardly set

against a backdrop of hate ..

Just ripe for pinning

come morning, to writhing

grey mountains

piled high with blue striped

pyjamas ..

Smelling maybe more thirties

perhaps, than two

thousand and twenty something ..