[i am here to put you in your place]
By john sweet
and yr whole fucking life is
a suicide cult, but
here we are
pretty houses up and down
tree-lined streets
age of sorrow
bleeding effortlessly
into the age of drugs
get high or
be afraid
choices,
right?
the bullshit that
passes for freedom when
none of us are
really free
the idea of leaders
as dead men
of everyone,
everywhere, as
the enemy
once it gets stuck
in yr head,
you can never really
shake it loose
John Sweet sends greetings from the rural wastelands of upstate NY. He is a firm believer in writing as catharsis, and in compassionate nihilism. His poetry collections include BASTARD FAITH (2017 Scars Publications). NO ONE STARVES IN A NATION OF CORPSES (2020 Analog Submission Press) and NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU (2024 Apathy Press Poets). More bile & hilarity on the way in 2025!