Doomed
It's easier to believe the world is flat
then sacrifice a good life,
believe in the poetics of money,
never gamble heads or tails.
Join the Mephisto Club, one's soul
akin to saving a fish from drowning;
a toxin so strong that one's world
is war in a time of peace; at the mercy
of the dream breakers, never dream makers,
where malice and secrets are fair game
and the long road home is but a city of bones
and the Woman in Red, tempting as she may be,
is wild fire, where you become a servant of the bones,
keeper of broken prey, where the system rewards
with cheap diamonds and reefer madness
become a lost symbol of what could have been;
fallen, with the right hand of evil having you dead to rights,
keeper of broken prey, where the system rewards
with cheap diamonds and reefer madness
become a lost symbol of what could have been;
fallen, with the right hand of evil having you dead to rights,
and crossing boundaries is no longer an option.
by Margaret Bednar, August 15, 2019
Mephisto - a devil in medieval mythology - Faust sold his soul in this legend.
This is linked to "Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Artistic Interpretations with Margaret - La Catrina and the Wall of Books". Use at least ten titles and the image in some way.
This is my second poem written to this prompt ...
An odd poem for me, but it was fun! 26 book titles I used: Saving Faith, The World is Flat, Sacrifice, Saving Fish from Drowning, Wari in a Time of Peace, Heads or Tails - The Poetics of Money, Toxin, The Mephisto Club, Dream Makers, Dream Breakers, Malice, Secrets, Fair Game, The Long Road Home, City of Bones, Woman in Red, Wild Fire, Servant of the Bones, Broken Prey, The System, Cheap Diamonds, Reefer Madness, Lost Symbol, Fallen, The Right Hand of Evil, Dead to Rights, Crossing Boundaries.
6 comments:
Well done, Margaret! I love the woman in red being wild fire!
It reads very nicely for me, Margaret. I like it, liked the woman in red too, she fit just right. I'll go find your first effort, it might be tomorrow.
Thank you for the prompt. It had to have been hard work keying all those titles in.
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The last two stanzas are especially brilliant!
"and the long road home is but a city of bones
and the Woman in Red, tempting as she may be,
is wild fire" Maybe an odd poem for you but very effective weaving of titles
I, for one, will never join the Mephisto Club, Margaret! I don’t want to be ‘at the mercy of the dream breakers’. Your poem is a powerful warning against a system that ‘rewards with cheap diamonds and reefer madness’, where ‘crossing boundaries is no longer an option’.
Wow, wow, wow! This is masterfully done, Margaret!!💖💖
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