This is where morals are twisted and dead. There is no longer a hunger for simple compassion. We must feed ourselves on the blood of those around us. And we sink in our teeth not because this is all we really stand for. We sink our teeth in because our sw


Pornographic

This is the age
Of the hopeless, the sour
The swollen, the fading
The paranoid flower

As scratching the surface
Is breaking the skin
As wandering outward
Is wandering in

This is the age of pornography

This is the age
Of delusions of grandeur
Where in kindling lights
Even death is a voyeur

As scratching the sickness
Is curing the sick
As grabbing this foothold
Is making us slip

As this is the age of pornography




Poetry by Seraphina
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Written on 2007-06-15 at 00:50

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