predatory culture

it ain't really about the duckets

deep into a social contract

seeded with ruthless investment

incremental instigations 

constantly, with repetition

pushing the window open wider

tainting every transaction

opening the door just a little bit more

fracturing slightly, with every single interaction

the foundation cracks, ever so slightly

distorting every step taken

slowly, repeatedly... eventually 

 collapsing the norm

forming new contracts

  from the bones

    from the ashes

from the structures left over

Author's Note

Reviews

[Curly Grace]

I love how you show the slow widening of the cracks and the way repetition becomes collapse. The imagery lands with real force.

[Davidgeo]

It's part of something much longer. But I haven't finished it, I'm not sure of the ending yet. This was really just me drinking too much and getting frustrated at a table of contents for a story that doesn't exist. I turn those moments into mediocre poems.

[Davidgeo]

Thank you though... I'm glad you liked it. This pleases me. I appreciate that.

[Curly Grace]

Thank you for sharing that. Even if it came from frustration or a moment that felt unfinished, the piece still carries weight. I am glad you let it take shape.
And now you have me breaking out the tequila for a shot myself... :)

[Davidgeo]

Tequila is within the social contract.

[Curly Grace]

I prefer straight shots with a slice of lime. And a nice cold Stella, you?

[Davidgeo]

I prefer to smoke crack at the truck stop

[Curly Grace]

okay... do you have Coprographia? because sometimes you throw me a bit... Was asking what is your drink of choice?

[Davidgeo]

Okay, so, when I smoke crack at the truck stop I usually drink mad dog 20 20. I'm not into the whole Cosby Cocktail purple drank bonanza. However, my drink of choice is water with a lemon... occasionally with ice.

[Davidgeo]

There is an X Files episode named War of the Coprophages that I really think you should watch.

[Curly Grace]

Mad Dog 20/20 at the truck stop… got it. Truly, a drink that announces its presence. And yet, the water-with-lemon option keeps you mysterious—like a literary antihero with impeccable taste.

As for War of the Coprophages—challenge accepted. I’ll watch it, survive the X-Files’ bug invasion, and report back with all the thrills and terrors. ;) you are quite interesting, Davidgeo...

[Davidgeo]

How do you know about the bugs if you haven't seen it yet bot master?

[Curly Grace]

its a smart a*s comment, you should have gotten that. ive seen them all, my mom was a huge fan...

[Curly Grace]

they might as well be the background noise of the chaos in the house, that and Star Trek...

[Curly Grace]

plus mad dog 20/20 is for p*****s... we drank that s**t in jr. high... ;)

[Davidgeo]

You can't be takin' the bait so easily like that. Relax, smoke some grass. Have you ever heard Tony Hopkins read Thommy Stearns Elliot's work? It's transcendent in a soothing way.

[Curly Grace]

just ignoring the damn Super Bowl on in the other room. Rather take the bait than watch that s**t at the moment lol. plus note my ;) winks...

[Davidgeo]

Winky. wink.

[Davidgeo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLNsPhKlucY