It's dark, it's odd, it's on his CD "Nemicorn". Whether you interpret this poem to mean society as a whole, organized religion or some external malevolent force, it is still a kick-ass read.
JOINING the MACHINE
fingers locking into the grooves
between the teeth
of the great god gear
joining the machine
finding point and purpose to stalk Sisyphus
before we are lost in the imponderable
joining the machine
the great god gear turns
and we are pulled
as our slack runs out
joining the machine
pulled in pulled on pulled apart
our hearts start and stop and start
joining the machine
bracing our last traces of face
we ride with pride into silence
the violence of sentience surrendered
joining the machine
to serve as little more than lubricant
to a future generation
joining the machine
because we didn't dare we didn't care
to shout a warning over the thrum
of torn flesh and grinding bone
joining the machine
William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
JOINING the MACHINE
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These largely fall into 4 categories:
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We are still in the process of cleaning up the tags, so please bear with us. Yes, some muses are classified under more than one tag, some poems appear in more than one book, or not yet in any volume, and some years are...hazy.
These largely fall into 4 categories:
Year of writing, e.g. "1999"
Book published in, e.g. "from an unexpected quarter"
Inspiring muse, e.g. "Aubergine"
Genre, e.g. "erotica"
We are still in the process of cleaning up the tags, so please bear with us. Yes, some muses are classified under more than one tag, some poems appear in more than one book, or not yet in any volume, and some years are...hazy.
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