Saturday, May 25, 2013

Adopt the Useless Reject the Truth - by Bob Atkinson

Adopt the Useless
Reject the Truth
(c)2013 Bob Atkinson

ruthlessness means heartlessness
when the adamant becomes obsessed
to some point of bold indiscretion
without such simple happy regrets

as one does of a brutal callous nature
saves those dog-eat-dog inhuman animals
who become iron fisted malevolent ravens
shakily standing on tilted rocky tables

but then

their mothers love them
in spite of all their faults
senses nature gave away
defines other useful wants

fathers, wouldn't know them
either missing or concerned that they
could snatch some charity at home
or look
out somewhere in the bay

here, the meaning simplifies
when trying to explain
how one could write the truth of it
and have nobody understand

yet
here out in the open phrase
lie words of uselessness
that someone out there will adopt
as gospel and declare their best

all remains open to interpretation
although I've let the cat free when he
scratched through a paper sack enough
to quash thinking about my dreams

go figure

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