I can see the silence stretching out
and covering the future in quiet sadness
I see the best minds of my generation
sitting together with their eyes glazed over
My heroes will all give up and get real jobs
titans are toppled by faceless men in suits
and those fiery words spoke by the prophets
are rendered safe, for use in greeting cards.

History will be nothing more than the study
of outdated propaganda and used pornography
and the only truth that's plain to see
will be carved on the door of a dead man,
ignored as we sift through the scorched earth
of culture and philosophy, looking for
something that proves there's more to us
than dead Christmas trees and used needles.

You and I will be reduced to ghosts
that moan and howl ceaselessly
as we haunt the halls of mediocrity,
weeping softly as the master pianist
is reduced to miming with a player piano
to please the overgrown children
that make up the audiences of this
strange and silently sad new world.

Keyword: Whistlin' Past the Graveyard

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Posted by Pilgrim 2008-07-03 19:33:14 .... Did you mean "that" instead of "than" near the end? I'm not too big on poems without puncuation, they seem to ALWAYS throw me off, like one big run-on sentence. However, maybe that's just me. + Report this comment
Posted by lemon 2008-07-03 20:00:20 .... This was great! All the way through, this poem had the feel of a ghost town. Like at one time there was so much life before all the crap started happening leaving us all mindless souls in this world. There were a couple spelling errors like the one Pilgrim pointed out, but as soon as you fix those it would be perfect! + Report this comment
Posted by r.e.potter 2008-07-03 21:07:08 scratching This is either to deep for me to understand, or just kinda weird, and I read it three times real slow. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and say its my lack of education that makes this poem... or three long sentences hard to follow. I will give it a five cause im sure its me, not you. + Report this comment
Posted by Amatayo 2008-07-03 23:29:42 .... WHERE YALL READING THE SAME POEM I WAS? I MEAN WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT. MAYBE ITS IN THE WRONG SECTION. "A WRITER, YOU MUST OF PUT POEMS INSTEAD OF MISCELLANEOUS STORIES OR IS IT MISCELLANEOUS CRAP." BUT WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. LIKE THIS THING. Uhh excuse my other side but I thought it to be a rather good description of the world we live in and how people are. + Report this comment
Posted by Xena 2008-07-04 02:51:35 d dont know... where were you talking from? + Report this comment
Posted by philneale1952 2008-07-04 06:18:18 ???????????????? Well..............at least it was readable and not like the stuff that drifts all over these pages and you have to hunt it down and put it together for yourself like some flat-pack piece of furtniture. However, having said that, and without the faintest idea what it was all about, it sort of reminded me of the old Star Trek episode where Picard was on a planet with an alien who spoke English but talked in metaphor all the time. Anybody remember that one? Took our captain the entire episode to work things out, and I haven't got that amount free, so it's the bums rush for you JJ. Nul Points...... Phil + Report this comment
Posted by A.T.O.M. 2008-07-05 12:43:11 i see it was good the metaphors make you think and meditate on whats happening which makes the story more interesting so i think this was one of the great because everyone has there own style + Report this comment
Posted by CliffMitchell 2008-07-05 13:13:13 .... I know that when I come on here to read what you've written, I won't leave disappointed. For this poem, a perfect title with words laced in precision, striking my thoughts effortlessly. + Report this comment
Posted by Sad Sara 2008-07-09 03:08:50 Oh my... Wow! Okay, yer verse here juss made it in me top five favorite Poems. Fookin' Brill! Damn, I haven't read a verse this Poetically creative and profound in at least five weeks. Oh yes, this is definitely goin' in my favorites. Fantastic, I even love yer title. Whew! Keep very, very well, and please continue sharing yer wonderful talent. 'Anna + Report this comment
Posted by Ashutosh 2008-10-04 01:26:53 .... This was a great poem. Very well-written and flowed smoothly. Moreover, it is striking, sharp and without any pretenstiusness. Wonderful lines. One of the best poems I've read in long time. Great job. Keep it up! + Report this comment

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