Saturday, February 14, 2015

The New Americans

He is almost filthier than
The twenty pigeons that he
Somehow has gathered enough
Scraps to feed.

Almighty to them.
Bringer Of Food.
"Look," someone says,
"Parasites on a parasite!"

I think of gods. And parasites,
Picking laughs from
Their unjudgemental
Hands.
Sverre G Holter, "Gods and Parasites" (Oct 27, 2014)
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4 comments:

  1. FreeThinkeFebruary 15, 2015 at 6:35 AM

    More echoes of The Threepenny Opera and Mohagonny in settings reminiscent of Gustav Doré!

    Nothing jaunty, robust, in-your-face decadence.

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  2. ThersitesFebruary 15, 2015 at 7:59 AM

    ...but all the same, with a grain of truth.

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  3. FreeThinkeFebruary 15, 2015 at 8:11 AM

    Of course! All good comedy contains elements of tragedy and vice versa -- as I'm sure you know.

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  4. -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA JewFebruary 15, 2015 at 8:53 AM

    ...and as my most recent post describes. ;)

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