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Dance of the Mutants

Wheeled…
Strapped to a char­iot of the infirm
The clank­ing of ungreased wheels
Play dis­cor­dant sounds over the well worn anti­sep­tic linoleum

Faces of Nor­malcy
Dis­play­ing well prac­ticed smiles
Feign­ing heartrend­ing concern

Flu­o­res­cent lights
Flash strobe like
Reveal­ing motion in stac­cato relief
Kalei­do­scope fig­ures move with furtive intent
Pulling strings attached to vials of phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal salvation

They con­trol the mar­i­onettes of the damned
They orches­trate the dance of the mutants
Legs dance, con­torted, painful
Bod­ies bent at impos­si­ble angles
The Mutants move to the inces­sant demands of the strings
Their faces scream their hope­less­ness
Jux­ta­posed with silent resignation

The audi­ence laughed and applauded
Such funny mar­i­onettes
For who can not help but laugh
At the dance of the mutants

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This entry was posted on Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 11:12 pm and is filed under Dark Poetry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Dance of the Mutants” »

  1. Tammy Hendrix Says:
    Posted on November 21st, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Hey man! Cool beans, you have your own site now. Congrats!

    I remem­ber this dark, twisted and oh so real write from DS. It does some­times feels as though we are pup­pets when deal­ing with men­tal illness.

    Best of luck here darlin.

  2. oddpoet1 Says:
    Posted on November 21st, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    Hey Tammy Poo, Yea ain’t it the truth. I call it the invis­i­ble ill­ness, no Cat Scan nor X-ray can find it. There­fore, “It’s all in your head!” No shit! Thanks for stop­ping by, can I get ya some­thing to drink?, eat?, don’t leave Tammy, don’t leave… LOL

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