Corpses on the River Ganges
liquid streams coalesce; levitate corpses | tunnels navigate conscious channels
dark morose bloated fetuses float in mercurial silica reflections
clean the Ganges with antiseptic; kill all the fish
and there you were bathing; drinking it all in
maternal patriarchs ride the caboose | lime and stone
calcified gruel hedging bets on survival | fishing lines and clothespins
hung out to dry; when all the money’s gone | and we’re too strung out for a ransom
in the courthouses of jurisprudence limousines chauffeur millionaires on drinking binges
President’s Port and Hennessy | inebriation in the aisles of Justice
hung up on red tape and graphite—get to go free
in soup kitchens and meth labs | on road trips to Reno
we heard the last of the errant mater pater entrepreneurs
too far above the summit to be concerned with the articles of faith
the doers of good works and the lame | the second act of the Apostles
written and sold to the bookmakers at the House of Poggio
lucre’s nickel-plated dimes spit on platforms | dragnets trawl; gendarmes
who just got off the train from the Palais de la Cité | handcuffed and shackled
irons and leggings; yoga pants and stirrups | lambs to the slaughter in woolen fleece
balaclava | dragged across Portland tiles and damp mop water; to the juggernaut
the High Priest of the Righteous—and the Law
suspect prescriptions go uncontested by local authorities in Trial of the Century
a pharmacist arrested while performing due diligence | in other headlines:
the druggist prescribed the coke; parents plant bad seeds in children
medical cannabis drives dementia patients wild
seductions awaken in the night | ensnare the naive in hospital beds; sent home prematurely
to cold water flats in Soho—uptown to Harlem—before the sonic booms of gentrification
eyes closed and pregnant | nostrils intoxicated by the smell of grease in hallways
just this side of Purgatory | fabricated crime scenes; doorways to the morgue
a doctor’s declaration of death precedes birth—Cause of Death: Poverty
corpses on the River Ganges | mission aborted
Corpses on the River Ganges
November 16, 2017 By Pablo Cuzco in Contemporary Poetry
#Abortion #Corruption #Death #Injustice #Narcotics #Police #Prison #Religion #Terrorism
