CUM AND GO by David Erdos - Poem 6 from THE PEOPLES PRISON

Poem 6 from THE PEOPLES PRISON


 CUM AND GO

 

 

Saying you’ll leave does not mean you have any intention

Of going. Instead, deeper shadow will be where you lay

Your damned head. Prone as it to dark light and the negative

Charge that has sparked us the full way into chaos,

 

You’ll share the same mysteries as the dead. Saying

You’ll leave or step down allows you to sit close to Satan,

Or, whatever it is, dense soil furloughed alongside

The burgeoning fires of hell, which are tapering now

 

Under earth, and scorching root and weed, place

And pavement, to unsettle footsteps on bedevilled

Streets. Flesh will swell. And we will remain meat to you,

Whether or not you still eat it. Something to condemn

 

Now, in secret, like a Christmas wish warped by hate.

Your plump pal will still call. It’s just that no-one will know.

There’ll be signals. Emails and memos; devices enflamed

To singe fate. It’s just a piece of pretending, I’m sure.

 

Though I’m always happy to be wrong in these warnings.

But even if you recede you take with you all of a wound’s

Evidence, for you have damaged the day that once was

Prized and seemed certain. Your control, designs, puppets

 

Were akin to Albert Speer’s. No defence. I wish you the worst

Of all things for the disregard you have shown us. In reducing

Life and the future to games of strategy all you’ve shown

Is the madness we’re in and the search for a different sanity

 

That’s now needed if we are to forget all about you

And feel once that life and hope are our own.

You’re not even a Judas. Your kiss has been a projectile

Spit spent across us. You have no need of a Jesus,

 

A Mohammed, or God anyway. What do you see between

Stares when those eyes of yours squint before us?

What do you care about? I do wonder as you have played

And staged each sad scene. If others think you’ve gone

 

They’re naïve. Bullies always seek a fresh playground.

And if they can’t get it, then they’ll bring the School building

Down as they preen. Personally, I’d be mindful about any gap

That you would seem to be leaving. I’d treasure the space

 

For which free air and relief of one kind could be felt.

But who, or what will replace you? That thought brings me

Pause and strained silence as if the illusion of hope brought

By Biden was a further falsity your hand dealt.

 

We’ll wait and wish. Christmas warps. Let’s see what

Satan, sorry Santa delivers. The Oxford Vaccine,

And a desperate deal overseas. Where you will be going?

Putin’s? Musk’s? Beach and Bezos? Or perhaps your own

 

Island where Bond Villain dreams form and please.

You’ll be releasing your little missiles for years in the form

Of your missives. You are a thorn that spikes landscape..

Wherever you go, there’s disease. My hope is that one day

 

You’ll wake and care about what you’ve done.

And God gets you. Maybe then you’ll shake, shattered.

And as an earthquake of one fall apart. Solely in terms

Of seeing at last the cruelty unleashed and created.

 

Stoop down. Step down. See it.

And if it is there,

 

Kiss your heart.  

 

 

 

David Erdos, November 13th 2020

 















For more poems from David Erdos visit The Corona Diaries collection 



David Erdos is an actor, writer, director with over 300 professional credits. He is a published poet, playwright, essayist and illustrator. He has lectured on all disciplines in theatre and film for leading performing arts colleges, schools and universities around the world. His books include EASY VERSES FOR DIFFICULT TIMES, THE SCAR ON THE CLOUD, OIL ON SILVER, NEWS FROM MARS, CHANGING PLACES WITH LIGHT (penniless press) and BYZANTIUM with the photographer Max Reeves. He is a contributing editor for The International Times and maker of documentaries all over the world. David’s work has been acclaimed by many leading figures including Harold Pinter, Heathcote Williams, Alan Moore, Andrew Kotting, Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair in whose recent book THE LAST LONDON, David features. He can be reached at David.erdos@sky.com.

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