dystopia
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Melanie’s Diptych (Verses of Depression and Paranoia)
I In the cradle of post-war reverie, Parents wove with strands of golden hope. Economy, that nourishing bosom, Nursed dreams too audacious to tether or cope. Doubts and fears from epochs past, Dissolved in the nectar of newfound euphoria. Growth, a hymn chanted by seraphic voices, Lit the way to a future’s radiant utopia. Technology’s… Continue reading
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Howl
By Paul Wadey For Allan Ginsberg (1926 – 1997) I On nights when neon burns cold, A lone wolf’s cry rings out, all-consuming and malignant, Unchecked by conscience or morality’s fading light. The darkness implores: Why heed this rapacious ancestral greed? Below indifferent towers of concrete and glass, Miles of unlit streets sprawl. In this… Continue reading
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