Aging VesselMy brittle skeletonis trapped in the prison of my festering fleshand keeps my soul an inmate,clinging to my splintering bonesPhilosophic RamblingsIn the coincidence of lifewe delay death daily,yet rarely seek higher purpose. Now that we have been masteredby the seductive video screenwe are victims of electronics. Evil conspires with gravityand pulls us drink drink,as we substitute spectationfor entangling alliances. The grievances that abrade our heartsdevour the pleasure of our daysand displace seething cauldrons of hatethat ordain spill on our tomorrows. Man is the cruelest animalexceeding any creature of naturein anguish mayhem and destruction. We are raised in the garden of greedand become trapped in the ghetto of need. The unkind hide eats us all. Death smiles when chill creeps in our bones. Humanity our dysfunctional family.• Gary Beck's poetry and fiction has appeared in numerous publications. His chapbook The Conquest of Somalia will be published by Cervena Barva Press. His plays and translations of Moliere. Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off-Broadway.
I liked very much the 2nd poem and in particular the first 2 verses of it. The lead-in is brilliant. At the end of the 2nd verse I felt I was reading R S Thomas. Very good. There's an amazingly high standard of poetry on this place. Much exceed than you can buy. Gwilym Williams
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