have you heard about Marilyn?

Vidal is dead, Buckley dead
        politics dead - its a one world
a one faith, unisexed agenda
Mailer is dead -

feed the profane, fornicate
the fortunate,bury
the burdens of the masses tired and....tired - a one
focus (blind) a one
god - given unto the gutted and glided
alike

Hepburn dead,
             catechism defunct, dysfunctional
dialect will be delivered unto - you and

i can not find a single
opposite, an opposition, an opportunity, an
              opposing side of
the deck, there, there - where

is hope, where is change, there is fore-not
            not in equal measure cupped and tasted; a

one world, a one determination - piss
on it, pissed on - it (this)
       Hemingway has passed - all surviving
resigned to recovery, to step, to steps, by step, say good-bye to

the rage of night crawlers, bye to writers wasted
     with any lack of remorse - only  a collection of corrected caricatures remain
     a parody of polite
     of proper - boxed, bagged, recycled sentiments

we vote for it - we purchase it
we accept the metaphors merged, toasted
by congress and social media trending
     truth - as death has gone viral

have you heard about Marilyn?

we have no goddess..

bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2012