Written By
Poet and Photographer J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey
OBEDIENCE
Like dogs
We sit and we wait
Like boards
For announcements
Like stations for trains
Like baggage for handlers
Like pigeons for crumbs
As if something will change
As if the tracks will turn back
As if those looking down
Have ever once cared
“Ladies and Gentlemen –
Please – Work but don’t think
Now – Keep calm and carry on
Thank you – Don’t speak”
The outcomes are managed
And knowledge dismissed
Like the waste – like the litter
Like these unemployed hands
Reaching for keys
The bottle – the pills
Searching for
Some way – any way
To get out of here
Desperate for
Some kind of shelter from
This perverted reality
“Yes”
That is the howl
Of the hungry pack
That is the genius of obedience
Text © J H Martin
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J H’s Previous Contributions To Edge Of Humanity Magazine
A Breeze Of Sorrow Passing Over Emptiness
“…you know you can’t sleep there” | Passages Of A Homeless Person’s Life
Life On The Irrawaddy’s Muddy Waters
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