a better human

by Randy Billings

raze the city
and drown
the ashes at sea

far from
transcendental
prosperity -
..............&let
the poets, painters
and musicians
roam free

the grey concrete
unyielding brick
glass-&-mortar cages
will encage them
no more

possessions seem
a residiual error
that serves only
to weigh down
the fancy -
make dumb-found
hermeneutic minds
.................where a
one-powerful imagination
is now employed in making
believe that careers
are as important
as lives

Dionysus may reign again
if the people permit him -
if the women are willing -
and the poets worthy
the music

ominous minor chords
of intent -
..........lurk
beneath conscious minds
setting the tone

mind intoning feel
at bequest
of muse alone

only pragmatic death
in a tragic world
of form - all

to the sound
of rustling leaves
in the thrush
of spring -

sun may as well set
. - plummet to sea -
and erase this mistake

and let chaos
create
a better human