The Machine

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Tactics working master it seems.
Units fleeing, credit builds.
The empire follows an unholy shadow.
Years of social ineptitude true to form
It's clockwork.
Throw another fish to this seal.
And feed on the power so not to falter.
They come,
They believe.
We take.
They Give.
Hail to the thief.
To the gallows with civilisation.

• Kafka in trackies

  by Mick

  Posted Jul 9, 2008
  +4
  This is a cracking wee poem, it's thought provoking and to the point It's not cluttered with unnecessary metaphors either, which is easy to start doing when you're writing poetry.
  
  Not much to say about what I disliked; I'm no expert on poetry but I know what I like, and I like this.<... (read more)

• Date Added
• Jul 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM
• Article Type
• Literature
• Genres
• Satire, Poetry
• Topics
• Religion, Politics
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