hellacious 

apparition

by Roberto Lavidez

too fierce

to be safely

approached

sails

of the brig

flapped

from time

to time

against

the masts

hoping

against

hope for a

breakthrough

exposing

hellacious

new levels

of suffering

from excess

of anxiety

a violent

shower of

rain

come in

the infinite

downward

gradation of

vagabond

existence

slow sinking

through the

application of

brute force

and the use

of superior

material

power

which remain

insensitive to

the problems

of the masses

unmoved by

appeals to

morality

one blinks

and shudders

having little

concrete

evidence

of success

investing

in the basic

underpinnings

of society

often

encouraging

mindless

activity

more than

elegant

mental

cultivation

insight or

patience

grudgingly

seemed to

accept

unexpected

problems

around the

constellation of

overwhelmingly

dominant

tendency

to representing

the fancied

apparition of

human

progress

an expression

of genuine fear

veering out

of control

escalating

sufficiently

seen as much

greater threat

to constitutional

liberty

powerless

to change the

supernatural

warning

only now

remembered

with a certain

dismay

©robertolavidez2013