Unnatural Order

By Alchemist

Jungle gyms twisted and tangled up with red tape
Thorn bushes of bureaucracy enshrine the gate

Circulatory system of concrete and pavement
Chainlink leylines of mediocrity and achievement

Anonymous autonomy restricted for your own good
Divine death is the vine that will strangle the wood

A modern world in an igneous iron mask
Under stoplights and powerlines we bask

Trafficing a cornucopia of microcosms in wombs
You can't see the village for the building wounds

And the city is the epitome of stipulation
The dichotomy of progress and stagnation

A graffiti romance, dark age of renaissance
But cut-throat is money's learned response

A surface devoid of any lions with crowned manes
Just kudzu with fancy hair who roar their own names

They covet the dirt but not the land
We must not trust their shifty hand

They cover the slime with the oil's of man
Then sell the soil declaring it nature's plan

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Published on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Filed under: "Reflective" and "Poetry"

Comments on "Unnatural Order"

A former member wrote: 'just kudzu with fancy hair that roar their own names', awesome is all I can say. This post is 'metaphorically elite', everything in it seems to have a second point that is unseen if you just skim through it. Incredible post
On Friday, June 8, 2012, Nehema (958) wrote:

Beautifully put. I thought it was going to be about the horrific state of our public education system in the beginning. "You can't see the village for the building wounds" & "The dichotomy of progress and stagnation" really knocked it home, much enjoyed - XXOO
On Thursday, June 7, 2012, dwells (4177) wrote:

Great eco-piece Shawn, I wasn't sure where it was going at first and made a note about kudzu being the devine death vine - now I can't use it since mentioned later in the piece (I do recall the Jesus face in the kudzu vine a couple years back). Much enjoyed as always and thinking I re-post our "Graffiti" collab now, cheers!