The Faults Within Us
December 23, 2020
The faults within us court this self-identity they make
By tokens mirror back on us which latitudes to take
Refract and resonate on reasonable life
Our obstinate pursuits that best define us
They carry-on with maxims telling tissues in your head
Marry with undivided faults, and are their meditations
Wedded in a cauldron, bedded in a boardroom; the unconscious mind
We are not what we say we think we are
Our nearest-neighbour views are heretic; wend out of synch
The mess that we profess, we would not sit and dine on
Our stubbornness of whim provides no stand to take a line on
If for one day it were not this way, and the angels call
Overheard, by we absurd, cantankerous, patched creatures
Their swirls would fly like pigs; our undeclared black natures
Would make them bacon; roast as rashers; cheese for afters
Perhaps. No, no perhaps. The turnings of the world concede, deflected
Run out of ordered orbit, on such a day of integration
That day when worthy words might match in consequence all worldly intimation
Perhaps. No, no perhaps. The marketplace, their rents, and all the gravy politicians
Finding in due regard hard-binding promise and an honesty in love
They abide not light denied, to hide their former conscience,
Its flays debilitating cormorant recollection
Fell swoop disputes their rights of tenure provisioning of goods.
Their prayers prefer a shelter of untruth, declare no eye for vision
And so our junket misbehaviours, blanket, mar the rubric
Otherwise some great guys would lock themselves away in prison
And offer penance, giving alms in heaps in hopes of restitution
Example:
Man of The Year in Time this year, in 2020
The year of perfect vision; hear the premier magazine
Hails Biden, Joe, his Running Mate, the pinnacle, the stellar
What for?
What did they do yet, that they got so far?
Or is it next year? Or the last? Yes, maybe