in the way

by Roberto Lavidez

difficulties

standing

in the way

after a period

of pragmatism

and cynicism

when social

movements are

at a relatively

low ebb

irrationality

imposed upon

the world

by the interests

of the ruling few

obviously against

the beauty

of being human

strangeness of

the grotesque

transgressing

boundaries

tension between

transcendental

and mundane

forced with

resultant fractures

and contradictions

destroying the

practice

of ancestor

veneration

what was

a mass grave

becomes a church

what was a church

becomes an

execution site

wheels come

full circle

new tribes

old ways

producing

a world at peace

lapsing into

anarchy

in the end

accelerating

decomposition

of social life

along with

networks

of solidarity

a visionary world

standing on

the shoulders

of the intoxicated

©robertolavidez2013