Society

 

 

It began swiftly, delicately, an old

Man whispered a few last words to his wife

A few treasures

Scattered: here, there; everywhere

And she sobbed as his heart faltered,

He closed his wrinkled eyes for the final time.

She laughed till her lungs burst.

 

 

“To the beach!” She screamed to her

Friends, enemy of man, the victims of golden lovely

Chocolate; they wanted it all. Sailing quick

On the ship, nipped their toes into the water and

As they stepped on the sand.

Sunk straight through

So the legend goes.

 

 

“Hated her!” He drank till his blood wasn’t blood,

Only a stream, a river of alcohol: poison

His heart a mess, his brain mashed potatoes,

Everything in, sponge of a man.

Like a flame he burst into purple and coughed

Fell to the ground, shrieking, spluttering

No one helped.

 

 

“I helped!” The Asian lied, his face in a smirk. His

Shirt creased in ruby, a dog-like cut dancing on

His head. He clapped and was given gold, diamonds

The praise of society couldn’t please him.

He wanted a girl, married, cheated, divorced

Married, cheated, divorced

Till he died one night, alone, crying.

 

 

“A monster” she closed her eyes and felt

At her stomach as the baby churned.

Threw up at the funeral, cried like a baby

As her baby came into the world.

Life, she realised, was a and she smiled

Whilst the secret light shined in her eyes

Flat line. Bye bye.

 

 

“A mother” they said, holding hands hard, staring

Into the fire, burning with desire, their veins

Racing. The baby wept in their arms: lonely,

Mother? No mother. No one

But they kept her like a cat, ignored, treated

Like a god, till she grew up

And was squashed like a bug.

 

 

Old, he watched her die, watched her leave.

Alone, he sat, “goodbye my love

See you soon, my love, my love, my love”

Till a fresh-face threw herself in his life

A new found joy behind the darkness of

Money, money alone and he knew she would

So sent her to her death.