DRE@D RETURNS!

DREAD RETURNS! runs steadily
at the top of the hour in the media:
& the imperial metropolis trembles,
shivvering all its imperial cousins.

Wither Civilization? (they wonder)
Wither Values? Wither Freedom?
Whenever Dread returns, History
becomes forgettable & expendable.

When was your last dread-free day?
When?d you last wake-up chipper?

 

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(11 JUL 05, 6:08 a.m., Santa Clara CA)

Bill Costley is a poet, playwright, journalist & bass-baritone who lives in Santa Clara, CA.  His work has appeared in Ploughshares, The San Francisco Call and d’Arts. He can be reached at billcostley@newsguy.com; www.billcostley.blog-city.com.