Thursday, 30 April 2015

Two Months (poem originally published in PNZ 43 and written in 2009)

July: Industrial production peaks
at Horsetail Base. A riot breaks out in
St. Favonini Square, where dissidents
denounce the Oligarchs of Horsetail Base,
known as the Halswell Syndicate. Police
in riot gear arrived. No massacre
occurred, twelve brutal beatings having been
sufficient. August: Weeks of rioting
begin. Police unable to control
the escalating situation. Films
not entertaining People anymore.
‘The People’ throng the streets, dissatisfied
with Crooks... & newly enamoured with Hooks.