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risking absurdity
by Matthew Abuelo
There are just so many
times that you can risk
absurdity
making deals with dead
art forms
recalled
when you hit rock
bottom
in an effort
to rise where the
angels place their bets on
how the energy of the
city will break
and wash over the
fragmented faces of the grid
before we are slammed
down onto the concrete
under the shadow of
millionaires row
of 86 street
down into the subway
stations
and through the
turnstiles
where the homeless
pick through the lost
tickets
to recuperate some of
what they gambled
away.
This is where they
scream the name of Jesus
and profanities before
they give their voice over
to the metallic on
metallic screech
of the cars that pass
but they fade into the
soundboard
where the other beggars
sing off-key
and they know that
there will be no weeping wall or Jerusalem for those who die under the watchful eye of Rabbi roach and Father rat who tend to their bones, before they are sent to Potter's Field where even the sick flower of industry fails to digest with its perfect mockery
all that remains of the parade of the doomed.
About The Author
Matthew Abuelo is an up and coming New York poet and freelance writer. He has won numerous awards. Over the past few years he has made a name for himself as an anti-war/activist poet who was banned from a coffee house on Long Island for expressing discontent with the war in Iraq in 2003. He has also appeared on MNN, Manhattan Neighborhood Network) Mr. Abuelo has published a collection of his work under the title “Last American Roar”, which can be purchased both here and at lulu.com. Mr. Abuelo Also writes political blogs on blogit.com, wordpress.com and various other sites. He has been the featured reader at several forums throughout Long Island, New York. He has just released his new book, Organic Hotels, which can be purchased @ Lulu.Com