Views in verse on 'power, abuse and its unseeing victims'

Views in verse on 'power, abuse and its unseeing victims'

"It took Ridley Scott two weeks to totally edit Kevin Spacey out of his movie" -newslink 2/12/17

Is there any good news here ...seriously? You have an industry that has profited so heavily on this flawed man for decades but they can't any longer, he is now 'unsaleable'...they 'heroically' cut the cord'.So as to now do the 'so called - right thing?'. Something they should have done YEARS before. Mulholland Drive lives! The unanswered question: what changes will they make in the future? Any comparisons here to 'The Church' and its institutionalized endemic child abuse? Should we seriously despair for the values of the western world? Will we? ...I think not.

Is God in ...?

I drove off today in search of the
day I lost
Somewhere the night before
Fifty miles on I stop...
Fifty miles from my door

I carry too a passenger
who is eating me alive
Running from yourself
Sure isn't easy...
all I could do was drive

I get out by a picket fence
Reflecting lives lived once within
Little to say but
Front door open ...back door too
Spirits left cold therein

Cross after cross pock this town
outnumbered
only by stray dogs
Precious little life
in this park here either
Save the crumpled 'wino' logs

A preacher calls
"there's comfort here"!
Hard to believe by his grin
Everyone playing on
something special on
evil, guilt or sin.

How desperate am I
to tackle this state...?
I gotta lead with my chin
But before I enter...
I can't help but ask
"...is god (really) in?"

"In fact...
Why not take me to him now?
He must be aware of my state
I have some issues
That we must address
best handled face to face"

"I'll tell him true of my own view
that all the world's in pain
Misguided, lost,
and disconnected,
bent on personal gain"

I ask the thoughts then
of a nearby woman
Just to get me back on track
She confides:
"fact is man ...I only come here
for the soup that's out the back"

As I join the queue
a guy demands
"First we need to know
where you're from...?"
"And look ...for a 'fair price' son
we can send some product along"

Then he says:
"trust in God
and you will never ever fear"
To this I reply:
"I feel your hype my friend
but if salvation's really near..."

"My maker must have a halo bright
Something I can aspire to...
I've been searching...
Yeah, I've been searching...but
There's nought like that round here"

And to what avail?
I challenge myself...
To find someone who'll listen...?
Intervention must start with me
To free me from this prison

Cold stone arches
Hold little appeal
in taming an untamed head
And taking the easy road
is...'easy '
Time after time instead...

I slip into a strip bar
two doors up
to find a smile for the road
Didn't find a smile...no...
Not at all
But I sure enough dropped my load

Not much left of this 'goddam' day
Dusk dim
the falling sun's rays
I ask a street kid
for directions
He manfully shows me the way

Forwarded from my I-pad - Grahame J Flynn Views in Verse

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