Social-political verse.

The moth-eaten blouse covers the breasts
of the world, that is desperate to reborn
among the ashes and the mud
forged by gall and venom.

The mouse-eaten trousers wrap up the purple
buttocks of the swelled up dishevelment
in the middle of the sea, above its algae.

The world is a rubbish cask,
it knocks out stars and suns with its strong fetidness;
the constellations are vomiting
and the galaxies are nauseated.

The sulfur acid is part of any rain;
it is the rain itself!
There are no beaches without cans and bottle peaks
they are not beaches without them!
Ozone; the stratospheric king,
cries out for mercy before the guillotine
that approaches implacable.

Thousands of fishy corpses float over sea.
Thousands of multicolored birds stop warbling.
Life beings of the world are selling their souls to the devil.

But, who is the devil?

I feel a tail sprouting from my back,
I feel two horns sprouting from my forehead,
and between my hands, I feel a trident.

I feel a trident.

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Comments (11)
  • Glynis Smy on Aug 17, 2008

    Yes Tonisan, we should all have horns! I enjoyed this work

  • nobert soloria bermosa on Aug 18, 2008

    nice piece of poetry,thanks toni

  • claris on Aug 18, 2008

    nice article, i like it

  • tracy sardelli on Aug 19, 2008

    very good, well written, thank you.

  • Josey on Aug 19, 2008

    This is a fun piece of work. Nicely done!

  • Balzac on Aug 19, 2008

    Wow, this was really some poem! Nicely done. Saludos.

  • neelam pandey on Aug 20, 2008

    Very logical developement of thoughts and also contains political intensity and social sentiments. The images revealed through the words of the poem are really thought provoking.

  • tonisan60 on Aug 25, 2008

    Thank you all for your support, I will translate other social-political poems I had written in Spanish, and will publish them here.
    I am very happy that this poem had this amazing reaction, all of you made me very happy.
    God bless you all

  • Ira Hayes on Aug 25, 2008

    Nice work – I can identify well with this feeling of guilt. And also at the disgust at the situation. I wonder though what is the solution?

  • Liz Corde on Sep 21, 2008

    This could inspire a drawing!

  • Eden Emersen on Oct 15, 2008

    You have amazing diction and imagery throughout–nice!

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