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The sky is blue, the grass is green
but the rivers are crimson with blood
you can try to escape but it's no good
you can only pray that you drown in the mud
Welcome to Eden's Epilogue
There are cotton plants and bonzais
but for some reason... the periwinkles are missing
An ominous cloud shouts reason in thunder
These hideous Adams and envious Eves
kneel before their master with cuts on their knees
and from these lacerations leaks the truth
The truth is this: we are all serpents
I promise, it's a great deal better than being a servant
what a position to be in... what a blasphemer to believe in
on this Island that Spawned the System
This Island that caused the chaos and provoked the host
Stay stoic or the guilt may solve the situation
The iron trees offer swift sedation
each fruit is another bullet in the Russian Roulette
if you find the courage to make that bet
than load the gun and dont be surprised when the bullets are spun
you leave children hungery...naked in your wake
why do your apologies sound so fake?
On this Island that Spawned the System
If the golden cylinder falls for an acolyte
will you be prepared to stand and fight
or will you hide while they devour this: your cowerdice
your calluses transform into tumors
I bet you wish there was a Yew tree here now...
Too bad...You were neglectful and you'll pay the price
and it will be much more than a basket of rice
You have my word....But do I have your attention?
little vixens twitter around your head, unclothed
far too young for such endowments
Instead of feeding us hormones, feed us divinity!
The suspicious result of your ample vine
While we burn the poplar, you set the ancient oaks ablaze
you can grow the sunflowers but not the maize
So you leave us, starving, in a daze
On this Island that Spawned the System
The cocoa bean's extinct but the poppies are flourishing
the oleander is being crossbred with glory
The ivy begins to crawl up your legs, into your body
settling and bearing fruit in your reproductive organs
Can you even complain?
A lack of children is a gift to the next generation
On this Island that Spawned the System
Tragedy is routine on this Island, in the Garden
in the sinkholes that serve as swimming pools
filled with disaster
the figures are porcelain but their faces are plaster
Existance is bleak and morale is weak
but it could all be tweaked and returned to it's peak
if we would only seek our own antidote
it is derived from the savior they all shunned
lily pads obscure the life in the once clear depths
though the pH is rising faster than the climax
The unworldly catastasis is approaching with vigor
we play the role of the army's n****r
On this Island that Spawned the System
The epimorphosis is painfully slow, so thanks for the barley
and we give you an ironic epithet: Holy
immposible cherry blossoms rain on our dreams
they assure us that all in NOT as it seems
rather, our sanctuary belongs to Dr. Franklin
We are experimented on without consent
The MAN rearranges our very genetics, our deoxyribose,
our nucleic acid
Our chromosomal code and our moral code
all in the intrest of a social code
a pretty girl flies high above and another swims below
their fate, they will never know
On this Island that Spawned the System
- by SilvertongueSagittarius |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 03/15/2009 |
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- Title: Island that Spawned the System
- Artist: SilvertongueSagittarius
- Description: it was inspired by the title of an article that I had to read for FCAT (Florida's standardized testing) It's a metaphor for the screwed up condition of the world.It is very long but it's a spoken word poem so bare with me. I hope you like it. Oh, and please comment, I love getting opinions. oh, and it has some words that may offend but they are NOT intended as insults, simply as metaphors. Im in no way a racist
- Date: 03/15/2009
- Tags: island spawned system
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Comments (5 Comments)
- Echo Ligeia - 04/12/2010
- I thought it was fascinating and convincing. As I watched your use of the Garden of Eden metaphor, and how it manifested itself in your poem through your use of nature imagery, children and sexuality (especially female sexuality), I could not help thinking that is was simply genius. Your cry "Instead of feeding us hormones, feed us divinity!" seemed to capture your whole poem, and the sense of society's fall from Paradise. Excellent.
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- Rkah - 03/19/2010
- Yes, I too like this. Very creative and opinionated. 5/5 I like opinionated.
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- child_of_the_flame - 05/09/2009
- Hm. I got to skip the FCAT, so I'll give you a sympathy point. XD This makes me think John Ashbery.
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- xxevil_poptartsxx - 03/31/2009
- i think im losing my patents for poetry... tisnt bad. ehh i guess 3 or 4..... ill go with 4
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- Cottoncandyocbra3 - 03/16/2009
- Not bad. I actually like this. 4/5.
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