remind me why the parasites are still in control

words , from 3 26 25 | scratch 333

remind me why the parasites are still in control

(333)

by mike barth

remind me why the parasites are still in control
(333)

everyone out and about except me 
asleep on the bedroom floor
clothed in humility , pockets full of frogs 
for the boiling dinner water 

then the call comes -
they turned around 
the pilot lost his passport
somewhere in the garden

how can i adorn the palazzo now ?
how can i honor the master of italy  -
the ancient head of the the renaissance man 
and adorn his crown ?

it is done in the garden 
experimenting with companion planting 
watching the the landscape interact
an oshin of possibilities

not single solitary births as previously dreamed 
its a collective conscious ripple in the stream
beside the eternal fires which , it seems , 
were more pleasant than flippant

why hit another man with a stick ? 
for honor ,  for the story ?
are there only those who save lives ?
and those who take them away ?



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( scratch ,  from 3 26 25 )

as always ,

thank you kindly for reading

- mike