lost dungeon

by Roberto Lavidez

illusions

a man creates

for himself

are lost in a dungeon

of narrowing prison

a pecking order

to the benefit

of the former

and the detriment

of the latter

soon made

itself manifest

summoning the

image of once

earthly paradise

where urban gangs

began springing up

like serpents

crawling on asphalt

into a battered taxi

reflecting the driver’s

inner condition

lurched from

the flow of traffic

taking a casual view

of his transgression

piecing together

years of incriminating

evidence beckoning

the unfallen innocence

a task besieged with

contraries cleverly

concealed behind

dummy walls

becoming a beast

by losing the power

of reason

struggling between

warring elements

within his soul

rattled to a halt

slipping new batteries

into a fading flashlight

freshly empowering

fallen knowledge in

the garden of delight

offering a way round

all dissenters inheriting

very unsatisfactory

working conditions

of the self into

unified action told

with a multiplicity

of diverse episodes

compounding excesses

which could result from

unchecked enthusiasm

taking into consideration

all remaining barriers

and large disparities

across mental states

provoked with noisy

demonstrations

and obstacles

aimed at assessing

its empirical relevance

to a rising mountain

touching the stars

of inner wishes

©robertolavidez2013