FORBIDDEN AUTONOMY

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Financial gain and charitable dysfunction are met,
With oscillations of equanimity and turbulence.
Through a film real mirrored in your mind,
Frames of blankness and uncertainty flash for a second,
An effect that is not forgotten as you wait for the bus to work.
But pondered and remembered,
For when all certainty will be blank.
A shadow; a promise; a curiosity; gladly not to be satisfied.
Seismic waves pulse from chambers.
Recurring through propaganda,
And solidified through demonstrations.
At the epicenter…..where will we be when the vibrations strike?
Sshhh……sleep…..your pension would have kicked in by then…..
Invest in personal property,
Your only personal allowance of subtle laws,
To live by within your own walls.
When you finally grasp its mother tongue,
Voice your angst,
You are hushed to utter a word,
The land is governed by the seal of the Forbidden City,
The seal of Forbidden Autonomy.
Speak to me then of what your home is like
And what you thought it would be.

By: Sujyot Sakhrani ©

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