Progress
an unrealistic poem about no one
Published in
Nov 30, 2023
The irony of human Being:
Man consistently
Since taming flame
Believed his flesh
More rarified;
O’er any
Ember of Fire
Dancing ‘fore him!
Thus, Lastly:
*
T’was flame
Drove the wedge
Deep in the bloom!
Did Prometheus Grant
A Chinese Blessing/Curse?
God or Demiurge?
Both Sun and Moon
Answering
To Nous
*
Now here we Stand
Bodies and minds,
With quite a heavy Purse.
Clever. Clever!
Oh so clever -
Perhaps, only perhaps -
To stave off our own
Doom.
©2023 Stephen Rains
