Gestalt

The shape of things to come
Respect the terrible
for its audacity
Entertained by the abysmal
Ignorant is funny

Ghosts drive men to hate
Lie in a rotten bier
whose shroud prevaricates
Just defy good
Evil deeds can’t be called good
Save for in comparison

Did you think a “yeah, but,”
ever justified such evil?
“Look at the others;
we could have been worse.”
“Look at the alternative;
it’s not like we had a choice!”

If the forest is lost
for the abundance of trees;
We can’t see the Dump
for all the phantom Hilarities


(Poetry Scales 62)