Parasites of Paradise

By Alchemist

Cool and calm demeanors
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Speak through lies
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Blinded eyes
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Now the palm reader sees
And fortune tellers are merelyÂ
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ghostwriters of the kingâ€™s speech
And you donâ€™t have to be a visionaryÂ to the future
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â To hear for whom the bells ring
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â And now sarcasm sings

Civility please lay your healing hand upon me
So I donâ€™t go postal on these paparazzi politics
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â With their vague tactics
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â And arthroscoptic techniques

From Milton to Milton
There have been lost paradises and pale horses to behold

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Published on Saturday, November 3, 2012. Filed under: "Philosophical" and "Poetry"

Comments on "Parasites of Paradise"

On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, dwells (4177) wrote:

If only they would quit trying to fashion our world into a utopian paradise of their own design, with them in control, naturally, cheers!
On Monday, November 5, 2012, Tartis Flammis (14) wrote:

yo....whoa man. i love it.
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, Nehema (958) wrote:

Amen brother, can't wait for Wednesday... The problem seems so big at this point, not sure how we fix it. Maybe you could write something about that? ;) - XXOO
A former member wrote: Yo, im totally digging the vibe on this piece man. Solid use of vocabulary and a nice flow throughout. You paint a great picture here. Good one
A former member wrote: those last lines nailed it... i'm impressed that you managed to sift through all the bullshit thrown at us from every medium, suffocating us these days, to find the golden poetic core. nice one, my friend.
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, Devilish (2633) wrote:

Damn your good. and you know it. i love it, so shawn i read somewhere you were gonna make me back up all my talk.. come here lil boy, i lost my puppy.. think you can help me find him..
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, Sean Mc Shane (606) wrote:

I really like this, man. The last stanza and the final line really sent it home. Nicely done. Later-