Of Enlightenment
clicking buttons of a remote I dream of enlightenment
of crammed refugees in boats I dream
in flickering glow of screens I dream of enlightenment
of history that still careens I dream
hearing sirens in the dark I dream of enlightenment
of popping guns in parks I dream
seeing new corpses in the street I dream of enlightenment
of black men beaten by blue I dream
tasting the sky of a hard rain I dream of enlightenment
of earth recoiling from human stain I dream
feeling the blast and bite of drones I dream of enlightenment
of streets of blood and bones I dream
seeing skeletal forms of girls and boys I dream of enlightenment
while surfeit banquets cloy I dream
while glittering glass cubes burn and fall I dream of enlightenment
while no one seems to learn at all I dream
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Jim Culleny
10/11/16