Control Poems
Speed Limits
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
They pose with the austere stares of
Loving, friendly ghosts —tall, gaunt and lissome,
With big, rounded head.
Draped in weathered robes of care,
They are the only guardian spirits we see.
They have the calming power,
Where drunken machines run amok
Through broiling engine oils
And reckless crankshafts,
Spitting gas, and brittle axles.
......
fragile equilibrium
by Rikske Kessner
A hand, firm and unyielding,
claims to guide the fractured flock—
but whose voice shapes its course?
The state rises, towering and silent,
its nets drawn too tightly,
binding "care" with control.
Yet the people's will, restless as rivers,
pulls against the dammed edges,
......
broken puppets
by Alexander Palmer
Aren't I just a puppet?
Rotting on your stagnant string,
I'll say that it's all love,
Even when you make me bleed.
And aren't I just your puppet?
Snapping my bones to fit your production,
I'll say that I don't mind it,
Through my retching and disgust.
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Problem — Reaction — Solution: The Control Mechanism
by Igor Vykhovanets
Problem — Reaction — Solution: The Control Mechanism
I. Problem — Reaction — Solution
You gotta craft the problem yourself,
To scare the gullible fools outright.
Then shove fake “solutions” on the shelf,
And stomachs vote to make it right.
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"A shadow know no master."
by Dylan Wu Rong
And what has these long year given me,
what have I earned when I spilled-
spilled my tears for times, and my blood for some-else.
A curse that’s followed on for centuries.
wrapping around - an Ophidian of chains.
A hold growing tighter, every moment the eye blinks,
cutting off and trapping a part so insignificant.
Insignificant- in their eyes,
and yet, a beauty in the ones who lost,
as they guard it for a while,
......
The Training of a Monkey with a Grenade
by Igor Vykhovanets
The Training of a Monkey with a Grenade
Frol's school turns the child to ape,
With fingers clenched in a cruel shape.
Without the grenade, the vile new trend —
Neo-fascism's easy to bend.
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fragile equilibrium
by Rikske Kessner
A hand, firm and unyielding,
claims to guide the fractured flock—
but whose voice shapes its course?
The state rises, towering and silent,
its nets drawn too tightly,
binding "care" with control.
Yet the people's will, restless as rivers,
pulls against the dammed edges,
......
Speed Limits
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
They pose with the austere stares of
Loving, friendly ghosts —tall, gaunt and lissome,
With big, rounded head.
Draped in weathered robes of care,
They are the only guardian spirits we see.
They have the calming power,
Where drunken machines run amok
Through broiling engine oils
And reckless crankshafts,
Spitting gas, and brittle axles.
......
Problem — Reaction — Solution: The Control Mechanism
by Igor Vykhovanets
Problem — Reaction — Solution: The Control Mechanism
I. Problem — Reaction — Solution
You gotta craft the problem yourself,
To scare the gullible fools outright.
Then shove fake “solutions” on the shelf,
And stomachs vote to make it right.
......
"A shadow know no master."
by Dylan Wu Rong
And what has these long year given me,
what have I earned when I spilled-
spilled my tears for times, and my blood for some-else.
A curse that’s followed on for centuries.
wrapping around - an Ophidian of chains.
A hold growing tighter, every moment the eye blinks,
cutting off and trapping a part so insignificant.
Insignificant- in their eyes,
and yet, a beauty in the ones who lost,
as they guard it for a while,
......
