Sunday, November 21, 2010

TO THE DOGS


Ornate carriages, horse-drawn

Swords of the tongue drawn

Grotesque pictures of war drawn

Hatched at the hour of dawn


By crooked fingers upon paper drawn

Rosy innocence on canvas drawn

Hands from tainted coffers drawn

Plotted at the hour of dawn


Dawn from the morning drawn

Sunshades over eyes drawn

Curtains over lies drawn

The cold cell awaits the pawn


Blueprints of a farce drawn

Heaven on a façade drawn

Teary each visage drawn

Between conflicts and lies torn


History not black and white; in red drawn

The line from every toe too far drawn

Lives from life too fast drawn

Stained pocket change to help mourn


From Zurich, cheques drawn

Alms from roofless heads drawn

The last drop from the well drawn

My country to the dogs thrown

1 comment:

  1. I like the thought behind this. Too many 'drawns' I felt, but then I don't know much about poetry. :-)

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