SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

so many demons, devils,
hobgoblins, djinns, zombies,
vampires, Nazis
and, monsters
              in here
out there
a whole confederacy
quite literally, symbolucally even

to count them
you will need
an abacus, a calculator,
a quantum computer

no end to
them
    and their untimely
proliferation

growing in
number, confidence,
politucal will
marching
in legion

good job
we got bombs, nissiles,
nuclear weapons
goung to need
more, far nore of them,
a geomtric progression

to deal
with this sea, this horde,
to do more, far more
a storm of mushroom clouds
no mere
scratxhing the surface

a monster problem
needing  a monster solution

the final solution
writhing in my monstrous brain
 

MONSTERS

MONSTERS

we expect
better of
our monsters

more
from them

we demand that
they be
fully
  institionalized

but there again,
demand is perhaps
too strong
a word

we wake
but we
        do not see
unfortunately

and thus cannot
but fail to notice
that we
fail
   to notice

that in the mirror
everything is
        reversed

not upside down, as
radical theory Zizeks
would have
          us overthink it

just simply reversed
take a quick squizz
on your way
               into the world

and you could be forgiven
for not thinking
     the monster is there