Monday, June 07, 2021

Blank Slate (Tabula Rasa)

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  POEMICS


Blank Slate (Tabula Rasa)

 

Wipe the slate clean

It must be done

The system has turned

The fruit is rotten

Throw it all out

Begin again

 

A nation gone astray

Contamination of the whole

A people grown afraid

A poisoning of the soul

 

Wipe it clean

Submerge it in disinfectant

Kill everything that breathes

Except the children

Spare the innocent

Eliminate the rest

Except the parents

Who care for the children

And the animals

Who bear no blame

And those who have no names

And those who meant no harm

Who only went along

Because they didn’t have

The guts or the strength to say no

 

Wipe it clean

Take no prisoners

Show no mercy

Throw it out with the trash

Before it builds a tower

To the moon

And back again

 

Wipe the slate clean

Tabula rasa

Or at least pretend we did

And start all over

With fresh eyes

 

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