graduating to nothing

graduating to nothing

it's a cold day in hell,

and New York and 

really in Chicago

the lake wind is Beelzebub

dressed in a white capped gown

our country is freezing

even in hot Florida

where the covid flies in the face of 

vulture  skies

they wait,

for the short breaths

the terrified screams of family

the insolent back turning of

the Eagle

can you see him

wings dyed a colorless hue

his span incredulous

shadows make the days colder

we are all frozen to our belief

that people matter,

and he can hardly fly anymore

he is laughing so hard.

erin-cilberto

9/27/2020

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Business comes first where the Eagle is concerned. In a caring society you would like to think that people have priority. Both in the States and the UK the deaths have been unacceptably high. You have to ask why. Strong write Jacob.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Chris...I am just so disheartened by this administration...and both parties just fighting with each other and leaving us thirsting for attention...
j.

[duff]

I like the tone here. It reads with fast a succinct tongue lashing. I dont even watch the news anymore. Same garbage and nothing but venom from all angles and sides. I actually feel better from tuning it out. Great read Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I know, duff, it gets hard to watch the news...same old same old same old....
same crap different day.
j.

[Ted Kniffen]

Those cold days are fast approaching and the Eagle has been turning back for quite some time. It has turned its back on the people it seems ... the ones who should matter ... but then he pushes the narrative that others are more important ... very Orwellian in the simplicity.
Shut the world down ... terrify the populace ... control the re-openings to keep the people from catching on to what is happening.
We can only hope there is an answer to be had when all this s**t is over.

Take care be sate friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I hope there will be an answer, and hope that someday we will have leadership that cares about us...not their own agendas...
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A dark and almost dystopian view held in metaphor rich verse. The back turning might be covid deniers but indeed the country is melting and questions need to be asked about closing life down to save so few lives. I guess this is another thinker from you Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, John,
j.

[Neville]

to suggest we are in a pickle would be an insult to the near science we have created out of downplaying .. except for a couple of very senior political leaders who have a habit of exaggeration and of spreading false truths for personal gain...

Nevertheless, we are in a pickle, a big one and unless more folk start saying it as it is then all my optimism for the future is gonna fly out of the proverbial window ...

There really needs to be a change of mindset and of governments and a whole lot more joined up thinking and sharing of values ... Together we can eventually beat any threat providing we can work together ... some of us think similarly jacob .. for others, you may just have poemed an eye opener ....

N.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

working together...that is the key...i think you and i are in the same room and share the same window, Neville,
thank you,
j.

[Neville]

it looks like it from where I'm sitting ... take care n stay safe my friend,

N.

[Laz K.]

The imagery you use here is very powerful, emotive, vivid, and captivating. A 21st c. gothic poem. E. A. Poe would be proud!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that made me smile...if Edgar Allan would be proud...one of my favorites...
thank you for your kind words,
j.