Good can be powerful; chaos is easy.
So I flatlined-
A flat ironed cauterized amygdala has freed me
from
The aesthetic sadness of
Scattered
Neon Lights.
You say you miss the moving land,
Crawling,
Infested with life?
Oh.
You have never seen the Earth,
American child
Just the doped up stare of an owned, scared lover.
Choked
Like your dog when she doesn't sit proper.
Author : me
I love this piece because the first part it has a hip hop cadence (which is fun to start a freestyle from when I'm tipsy) , along with a reference to wanting to remove your female (flatiron is for hair straightening) emotional center in a male dominated society that does not seem to value it. I grew up in Maine in the woods like a feral child and would think how sad and tacky neon lights on side sections of Vegas were- we built a completely unsustainable city in the desert and dress it up with glass and gas. Then a sort of a nod to Americans who travel to exotic places, such as the Amazon , and don't really appreciate what Earth is. We talk about and view "the environment" as a seperate entity instead of just everything we exist in. We have our trees held like prisoners on the side walks, and if they grow big enough to have their roots disrupt the sidewalk, we choke them back . A dominance, manipulative mentality that I see all through society, and dog owners since I live by a dog beach and people watch there. Thanks for the chance to share ! <3