Just a Little More to the Left
A Poem
Oh, your picture drives me nuts!
Lovely gift, lovely gist, lovely grit
Can you help adjust and hang it?
Push it hard, rock it hard, stir it hard.
No!
Just a little more to the left...
There!
You got it...
Stop!
Fuck!
Too much!
Let's go again!
Yes, we're here together. Yes.
Look around, look alive, look alike
I'll get off my phone, I promise.
Few more clicks, few more pricks, few more ticks
Oh, the portrayed you is better.
'Cause it's mine, you're not mine, this is mine
I can do with it whatever.
You don't know, you won't know, you can't know
Move for me and make it perfect,
Go sit there, in the shade, lose the braid
That's too much for composition,
Turn around, smile a bit, step aside
Just a little more to the left
Give your all, give it all, give me all
There's the bull!
Can't you aim?
Don't you see?
Can it be?
That's a miss for you
I told you!
Did you hear?
Did you swear?
Just a little more to the left
And you'd had it.
Had it all.
Had it all.
Had it all.
Public public public and public
transport, forums, schools, health
Now you pay for them good money
That's the dream: it starts with us!
And the sick, the poor, the homeless
They don't vote, so they can't play
Some must sit upon our wallets
For the dream and for the land
Oh how different would this world be
So much freer, and so brave!
If we scoffed those fancy armchairs
Just a little more to the left
Like their hearts, our hearts, their nature
In the middle, beating fast
But its tip, its peak, its summit,
You won't find it,
It's NOT there
Are you looking?
Move your hand then
Just a little more to the left
Those who left don't get leftovers
Those who left in times of war
Those who left don't get called people
By the ones who voted right
Persevering in their efforts
To correctly stuff their mouths
And those left, once we're all dead then?
What about their solemn rights?
We have looted, we have stolen
from their future to our comfort
from their planet to our plate
Stuff your face with fancy fortunes
Leave them nothing! Leave them shite!
Once it's over and you're dying,
you'll be cold alone and old
Happy wondering what happened!
Why's there nothing left to give?
Could we maybe look for balance,
less perfection, less possession
And make sure that when we're dying
In between our perfect pictures, perfect selfies, perfect lies
We could maybe scrounge together
Just a little more to the left
About the Creator
Sasha Desideri
Philosopher, adventurer, mother, and passionate words-lover
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