I feel the world’s anger
I feel the world’s sadness,
Loss and grief
I feel the world’s loneliness and despair
I feel the lack
Of coffee
and
Chocolate
I die
With the electricity
I feel the world’s sadness,
Loss and grief
I feel the world’s loneliness and despair
I feel the lack
Of coffee
and
Chocolate
I die
With the electricity
I feel
I feel the world’s astonishment
At existence
and The Everything
I feel the world’s magic and mood swings
I feel the world’s longing,
Lust and desire
I feel the world’s need to hide
I die
I growl
I want to be the woman I want
One day
I eat with these people
In this posh room
I forsake knife and fork
I want to eat slowly
Taste every berry
Every slice of chicken strip
I growl with the wood and pictures of this room
I wine and dine my young self
I wolf this lettuce and cucumber
Lap this blue cheese dressing
I time my movements precisely
I wear these Adidasly
To fit in with this room of fine, posh people
I feel my power
I growl
Woah.....!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome Kate, I love the juxtaposition between the existential and the mundane imo. The world is this deep, sad, yearning, twisted, broken place...but we get by slugging coffee, having parties and eating fancy blue cheeses all as a distraction. But some of us can't be distracted, we feel the intensity of the 'real' problems. I see them as real at least. Issues of societal collapse, environmental catastrophe, economic injustice. To drown it out what do we do...eat chocolate (I do), game, watch TV, hold functions, wear addidas and designer clothes? Does everyone care? Does anyone?
The posh people...just happy to get by ignoring everything important?
I love the refrain. What is your power do you think? And how do you growl?