This is my fourth poem of week four of the online retreat.
Anymore, the subject believes
his own press
and assumes his once radical stance
justifies the new orthodoxy
The rotted past meets
the rotting present
the rotten join hands and breathe deep
Plastic cups litter the grounds
a puddle of purple forms
beneath the dispenser
The shock of red
identifies the perpetrator
T-shirts pledge allegiance
Flowers of romance crisp and crumble
The news reports every word
The legend echoes
the legend in his own mind
to the usual cheers and jeers
from the usual names
on their usual sides
The news repeats every word
Now the public image
is rotten
Legends are dangerous
(29 October 2020)
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