pass me the remote

 

pass me the remote

 

 

there is a blurry freedom

a few convoluted prayers

for cover

of a soul dipped in rat poison

 

monsters are out of the closet now

no need for nightmares

we are living them all at once

catastrophic yawns

 

as we wake to another

pretentiously blue sky

that is lying

the sun shines embarrassingly taut

 

wanting to break out of its orange skin

shameful

inferences of righteousness

the sanctity of marred sanctuary

 

when we shouldn't we do

and when we should

we refrain

I can hear the bombs now

 

the shackles calling

the monsters winning

the rain falling

 

I think I see it all now

marching through the quicksand

of contented hibernation

wake me when my alarm 

 

rings silence

and I will scream for you.

 

 

erin-cilberto

2/27/22

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

spot on jacob! tho i hope the dire predictions i see in your poem come to naught .. it seems more and more a wise thing (not conspiratorial) to prepare a little .. tho those efforts i can see to do are far too much like Ukraine holding off the Bear .. for that is exactly what it is ... driven into hibernation now fully awake and hungry ... we could have done so much more and far sooner and perhaps put him back to sleep ... makes no sense to shut down our gas and oil and buy it from enemies .. could have started there
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we have a lot to fix...and he needs to be shut down.
thank you, E.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

i think you are right ....... it's the how that stymies everyone it seems .. i take hope in the global condemnation Putin is receiving and i understand the reticence Nations have to take bold steps .. but i think Putin really is quite obsessed with his desire to take back the old Russian territory ... the really scarry thing to me is that this is his repeated and successful pattern ... :(

[M. J. Smith]

Cheery thoughts,
Dreary days,
Horrors feast the eyes,
Fear dressed in sunny lies.

Strange words for a strange time. In Wonderland there are dragons, Alice.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, especially one huge, crazy dragon.
thanks M.J.
j.

[Light and ashes]

"wake me when my alarm rings silence and I will scream for you," haunting words...a haunting poem..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, light,
j.

[Light and ashes]

You are very welcome, jacob.

[Patricia Wedel]

I remotely remember worthwhile Movies and Shows on TV that would
stir the Emotions of a Heartless Hermit. However, there is only more trouble on every Channel... and I have had my Portion for the Day. A Teenager interviewed in Ukraine is "Scared"; however, she is young and Hopeful. We are all wearing a Cloak of Despair.... and perhaps a Prayer.
gently, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, old TV....I have been binging on old series for a while now. I am in the seventh and last season of Hill Street Blues...I find watching these old shows a fairly good diversion...
But even with the diversion, I am sick about what is going on over there.
the remote changes the channel to and from the news.
thank you, dear poet,
j.