Strangers are a cancer,
their ignorance is life threatening
so we have to cure their naiveté,
preparing to severe any difference
until they are mutilated and enlightened,
stripped bare of their dignity,
all to preserve our sacred cow reality.
Principle is the principle,
nothing can thrive in our homestead,
which doesn’t mirror our mutant truths.
Upholding tradition even if it is deranged
and a surreal insanity
whereby what makes sense and equitable
is viewed as evil and strange.
Tolerance and respect
are rights for the few,
only the inbred of our cliques
have the freedom to be treated as normal,
let injustice kiss the minds
of those who are feared,
then hate can be a prescription
filled in the pharmacy of life.
Won’t even need a Latin term for the doses,
because they are placebos for guilt,
addictive with the user never seeking help.
It all becomes a metal ward without any therapy,
where visitors who aren’t tolerated
being sent to morgue
for asking directions
to the exit.
Author notes
Prompt: Movie Deliverance
A contest entry
- Prompt Contest...No Limit, But Off... by mysticstorm.
475 points, ended March 24, 4 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Now this is deep and thought provoking...a direction not many dare to take...truly excellent and very on point.
Thank you so much for sharing!
mystic
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Powerful
Beautifully expressed write, extraordinary take on the prompt...Awesome opening stanza...Man out of his comfort zone.
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Whoa, this got me thinking, even while I was still reading. So much insight in this one.
In my lit class, we went over and over whether Lewis, Ed and Bobby did the "right" thing by killing the mountain man rather than going to the police. We actually came to the conclusion, that given the time that the book is set in, their course of action was probably the right one. Had they tried to get down the river to the police, he would have made sure they would not have made it. We also decided that lying to the police was the right thing to do...LOL... because of the stigma that a man raping another man had in 1970, and the fact that any trial would have taken place in the backwoods county, and that everyone on the jury would know the mountain man, and have been leery of strangers... Oh, sorry, I am rattling on again. -
Sorry did not want to read and then just leave but actually I did not like this one, due to my friend dying of Cancer, just my thoughts so please don't anyone jump at me.
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Oh My Goodness...
What a great take on the prompt! This is fantastic! I love everyword of it! Incredible my dear brother!
Best of luck in this contest!
and love
Nyetta
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a fantastic write so full of depth and meaningful power throughout good luck in the contestmaralisa
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A very powerful piece that expressed this movie to a T. Thanks brother for sharing this through your eyes, and you pen so wonderfully. Peace and love, bro Timothy.
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Excellent! You got this one perfectly! A really creative and knowledgeable take on this prompt.
Best wishes with this.
Gaylene
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