contagion

By Roberto Lavidez

there is not 

room enough

in the world

to find a lawn 

on which to play

a tree under

which to rest

what remains is

a quaint medley

of insight into  

human travail

an aura of dread

surrounds civilization

built upon cheap

and degraded

human beings

unlike anything

the world had

previously witnessed

it sees atrocity as

a necessary tragedy

delving into the

dark labyrinth

expression of

mixed fear

and cowardice

serenity in the

presence of

inescapable evil

the dialogue

offered was

merely a ploy

to buy time

struggling to

break through

all kinds of barriers

sympathetic to

the vigorous

new patterns

of thought

a vain and anxious

effort to possess

things forever

which render

passion innocent

could least

tolerate the

suppression

of individuality

and cultivation of

disinterestedness

by criminologists

who argued that

anarchism is a

contagious disease

of the brain

©robertolavidez2013