A brilliant red sailor take warning
at such deep red crimson morning
it’s supposed rain today & tomorrow
and maybe tomorrow’s tomorrow , too

The blood-soaked war lords have been
washing their hands in gore that we’ve
seen prophesied our whole class war battle
stealth campaign treat us all like we’re cattle

On the way to slaughter they steal daughters
so suddenly we’re forced into adopting barter
system of collapsed credit financed on trust
the whole enchilada stroking into another bust

So big it’s got to go right up to stage global
while the people have been kept so local
oh, don’t think about what’s going on
we’re on the back track marathon

Around the rosy such big pockets of posies
oh, get that selfie before it becomes a doozie!

 

James Van Looy has been a fixture in Boston’s poetry venues since the 1970s. He is a member of Cosmic Spelunker Theater and has run poetry workshops for Boston area homeless people at Pine Street Inn and St. Francis House since 1992. Van Looy leads the Labyrinth Creative Movement Workshop, which his Labyrinth titled poems are based on. His work appears weekly in Oddball Magazine.