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Jassy Melson
12-07-2012, 04:59 PM
We will walk docilely down the road
toward the bed of coals prepared for us.
We will not question the why and how of it;
we will walk docilely down the road.

None will rebel nor protest
for we all will have been brainwashed.
We will walk docilely down the road.

Some may weep and some may frown
but that will not stop the flow
of the millions upon millions
walking down the road.

It was all prepared by a little man
with big horn-rimmed glasses and a sprig
of hair sticking up from behind.
Who would have thought
such an innocent-looking man
would be the architect of destruction.
Who would have thought
that millions upon millions
would walk docilely down the road.

Around the bend it waits—the bed of coals,
some can already feel the heat.
Some may think there will be relief
at the end of the bed of coals. But no.

All that awaits at the end are gigantic pits
of fire or gargantuan ovens.
(Do you think prayer will help then?)
It's too late, my friend.
The plan was put into place
generations ago by those
who believe the earth's resources
are finite and can only ultimately sustain
a few million rich. The billions of poor
are to be sacrificed to Moloch.

To those who say it will never happen,
that humankind is too intelligent
and too independent to be brainwashed,
I will only point to the past and say:
Read, study, think, reflect.

We will walk docilely down the road
toward the bed of coals prepared for us.
We will not question the why and how of it.
We will follow the orders of those
whom we think have our best interest at heart.
We will walk docilely down the road.

Haunted
12-08-2012, 11:24 PM
Like a film, surreal and creepy. Well done.

hillwalker
12-09-2012, 07:22 AM
I'm assuming we're all going to Hell, perhaps because of some little banker in a room somewhere.

My only quibble is the repeated line (and title). Try reading it out loud - that word 'docilely' is such a mouthful.

H

Anton Hermes
12-09-2012, 09:31 AM
I'm assuming we're all going to Hell, perhaps because of some little banker in a room somewhere.

Banker? I thought it said he's an architect. :sosp:

Jassy Melson
12-09-2012, 10:35 AM
The end of the bed of coals is not hell. The end is not punishment; it's destruction--that's all.


Like a film, surreal and creepy. Well done.
Thank you.

hillwalker
12-09-2012, 03:14 PM
Banker? I thought it said he's an architect. :sosp:

'an architect of destruction' ? - I'll assume you were being facetious rather than genuinely misreading the poem.

H

Anton Hermes
12-09-2012, 07:37 PM
'an architect of destruction' ? - I'll assume you were being facetious rather than genuinely misreading the poem.

H
Right you are.

I think misreading Jassy's poetry is much more rewarding than actually reading it.

Jassy Melson
12-10-2012, 12:55 PM
Thank you?