A view of Human History - 8000 Years Standing Still

[Igorevich]

8000 Years Standing Still
There is an ethnicity in it, a creed
as visible as the graphic trauma it
breeds upon – this is the culture
of violence. In 8000 years we’ve

diverged scarcely an inch from it,
rather we’ve refined the ways we
insanely kill each other with diverse
and creative skill. In the nurseries

of our schools and playgrounds we
rehearse battle drills which pave the
pathways to our Nations’ illustrious
graveyards. And you stand in the

crush of your fellow man, hemmed
in by structures tall enough to be
modern towers of Babel talking
the same brutal kill-or-be-killed

braille. You will claim to be free of
prejudice; bear no ill-will to any
man of any nation, race or religion.
This is the specious veneer, the

stamp of civilization – a barefaced
denial of 8000 years standing still.
© 1 June 2007, I.D. Carswell

[ampoule]

...and somewhat depressing isn't it? SOMEWHAT!? You're probably shaking your head...what is wrong with this woman? And then again, you're probably heading out to the avocado trees...WELCOME mr. avocado man. The hills overlooking Santa Barbara, California, where I was born, used to be covered with orange trees. They are now full of avocado trees. My grandfather had the largest avocado tree in Santa Barbara County.

[Igorevich]

Continuing in the same vein - imagine this civilization is an iceberg...

Adrift On An Iceberg In A Boiling Sea
Y’know what pisses me off most,
he said. Y’really wanna know?
Not particularly, I answered.

‘S pricks like you! Yeah, smart-arse
pricks who know everything – see,
you’ve cracked that hard-done-by smile

again, like you’ve been down this road
before. What’s more you probably have,
but that don’t cut no slack with me!

I’m an ordinary sort of bloke who sees
things as they are, natural like, and I know
what I know. You can’t tell me nothing...

Yes, I say, that is so.
I can’t tell you that you’re adrift
on an iceberg in a boiling sea.
© I.D. Carswell 2007-01-24

[blp]

Good stuff, Ivan! Especially the second, though I like both. Been feeling the need to get a lot angrier with my stuff lately too.