The Leader of the Free Fish

Wed, Feb 5 at 4:03 PM

    The Leader of the Free Fish

the beats had

          their own pronouns:

Hipster, far-out man

the Dude's writing again.

poetry stuck in his beard

like crumbs of leftovers

Mouth agape with words

almost emerging with diction

his tongue wagging the flag

Oh America

         I Loved you once

but now

         I don't know where

I live

                 that old block 

                          became a throwaway pronoun

like "it" or "its" or

"it's"really something how

we have turned on each other

like angry Piranhas 

destroying an already corpse

that America has become

         fish food---

Chub for the sharks

a Mandolin plays sad

as a nation corkscrews itself

           into oblivion's eddy

the wasteland president

is dumpster diving

into a lake of black water

a Blind man swallowing sand

and flags and other countries

in a monotony of surprises 

day in and day out

he is a hipster, a far-out man

a dude writing again

who has no alphabet

to "bet" from

but gladly gambles

feeding the sharks with

recklessly proseful fingers.

erin-cilberto

2/5/25

Reviews

[Desert Knave]

"... corkscrews itself into oblivion's eddy". Yup. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thanks, Jim,
j.

[carl]

Jackson Browne - Lives in the Balance and Tom Petty - Power Drunk this is where the two meet. --- yeah certainly the boat we find ourselves in - "carest thou not that we perish..." - but then on the other hand - "you had this coming suckers..." This could very well be the Death of Democracy. Corporations have been in the assent for quite a while and now the new name is applied UCA United Corporations of America - and it's too late for The Who - We Won't Get Fooled Again - love your work always - carl

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, we Will get fooled again, won't we?
Thank you for your response, carl...
j.

[Laz K.]

time will tell. in a two-party system, one man's heaven is inevitably another one's hell. maybe the problems of this century, or any century, cannot really be solved by politicians.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think you are correct....the problems can't seem to be solved by politicians.
thank you, Laz,
j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

These days you're either a member of the bourgeoisie or the proletariat. It's strictly capitalism against Marxism and it has never been better defined by its outlines. The extreme liberal left of pseudo-socialists like Bernie Sanders who claim to want equality for others while owning three houses and having a net worth in the millions don't mind giving your wealth (if you have any, not many do these days) away so long as they get to keep their wealth gleaned through political maneuvering like taking kickbacks from Big Pharma of which Sanders was the single largest recipient just last year raking in well over a million from them. I never was much of a communist myself and the so-called "wokeness" of American culture these days I find utterly disgusting. So easy to spot the pink, purple, green haired members with pieced tongues and eyebrows and face tattoos who have zero self-respect and an insane look in their eye. I cling to more conservative and sensible values for me and my children. Capitalism has been good to me, having worked hard for everything I have ever had in my life and earning my way through steady employment. "There is no free lunch." Someone always pays.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Fabian,
j.

[Lorry]

ButJacob, how does he tell what fish are American and what are illegal migrants? 😃
If its any solace I don't recognise where I live now either. We have a labour government now, which is the nearest thing to democrats, but they are even worse than the conservatives (Republicans) with their taxes on everything and forcing us to pay for the many errors the last Conservative government made.
I've just taken a leaf out of theTrumpet's book and classed them all as fake news, without any evidence whatsoever... just like him!
😃

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Ha ha, just like him...
is this a fake review???
:))))
thanks Lorry.
j.