brief passage

by Roberto Lavidez

the atmosphere

in a brief passage

of this world of woes

heavy with allusion

and unspoken charges

unavailing quest of

familiar faces and

old landmarks

surrounding acres of

meadows and woods

under large billowing

clouds of gray smoke

exerting an impetus

for action constantly

interrupting a continuous

flow of attention

resulting in many

paradoxes and

contradictions

habituated to the

dissipation and

licentiousness

of the town

liberating itself from

mundane concerns

guarding its logical

portals and

counterintuitive

mysteries

unresolved

unreconciled

unassimilated

strength to

make up

lost ground

a frantic bid

to a grand end

justifying intricate

controversial means

rewinding the spool

of wasted life

perpetuating itself

trying to fit a square

peg into a round hole

simulating fascination

with banalities

fitting to an

age of giants

unfertile sparseness

encapsulating the

extraordinary

ordinariness

showing corpses

beneath euphemisms

blubbering apologies

idiotic excuses

overwhelmed by

the egregious

cultural imperialism

sprouting up like

out-of-season daffodils

hasty in trundling

the innocent

toward their

doom

©robertolavidez2013