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Won't you help support DayPoems? Plague of AgesBy Brian Okabayashi21st CenturyNo pestilence nor piety had ever plagued the land like this before, Around the altar thousands gathered screaming of their gaping sore, Infra, night after night had passed coughing bloody in their bed, Victims yellow in the face, hoping death would end this awful dread That world hostage itself forever strong, unending in Herculean chain While bacterium rejoiced and marveled in his domain, Nothing but agony compelling to perplex, No end, solution to a pang simplex, Whose joy's demise, who lives surcease of those that die, It cackles wicked, long, and hard at those who fail fortify, The dead and dying pour the streets a fate subjective Only with one terrible, avaricious objective: The minds of masses enslave whoso readily trust its truth, And for it stand and putrefy, O precarious sooth! DayPoems Poem No. 2389 Comment on DayPoems? If you are like us, you have strong feelings about poetry, and about each poem you read. Let it all out! Comment on this poem, any poem, DayPoems, other poetry places or the art of poetry at DayPoems Feedback. Won't you help support DayPoems? Click here to learn more about how you can keep DayPoems on the Web . . . Copyright The DayPoems web site, www.daypoems.net, is copyright 2001-2005 by Timothy K. Bovee. All rights reserved. The authors of poetry and other material appearing on DayPoems retain full rights to their work. Any requests for publication in other venues must be negotiated separately with the authors. The editor of DayPoems will gladly assist in putting interested parties in contact with the authors. |
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