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THE SLEEPING STATE

by Nevada Kerr


Here the light languishes
Life defers to the sin of undisciplined bodies
The vain fancies of botox beauties
And creationism defines a new generation

As flesh is packaged in plastic
For meat lovers on the run
Fact-challenged Americans
Dead on their feet
Fight for a living wage

I ride primal archetypes
To awaken from this coma
Plunder reason and break veins
In the vernacular of dream

In the realm of nightmares
I hear the soundless party shrieks
Of born again poets and prolifers
Language dies, enticed by lies
In the free market of desire


Written by © Raven Drake
September 28, 2006.



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