Monday, January 01, 2018

Louder Is Better

louder together we are
but not better but
louder is better they insist

together together together
remixed with a cheerleading ease

in flamenco reds
without the flamenco
what they said

what they said
without the flamingo intangibles
the corals contrasted with

the pale green waters.laving...
louder is better is pricier saving
the redline, bottom line. Party line

the radius marking its retreat

when marketed, branded and not
just there in the train stations unharnassed
missing luggage, home

the mingled voices going to waste

in the bus station, the zoos
all that potential shrieking in
the schools

or in cafeterian babble.
collective works, remixed
how can we use use use.

louder is better is better is better
and only the mynah birds succeed
in a world bleeding noise

and the art songs trampled

and silence grieves
its orphan, Poetry.beauty,
the soul, its golden overleaf.

mary angela douglas 2 january 2018