a sparrow drowning at the desert's edge

smother the children and

mourn their ghosts

we are all guilty here

we are all lined up

against concrete walls

and given blindfolds

and how much of your

life did you waste

waiting to be older?

how afraid are you now

of becoming obsolete?

wake up one morning and

suddenly being alive is

no better or worse than

                   being dead

About John Sweet:

John Sweet, b. 1968, opposed to all organized religion and political parties. A believer in sunlight, and surrealism, and post-punk. Most recent collections include THE CENTURY OF DREAMING MONSTERS (2014 Lummox Press) and A NATION OF ASSHOLES W/ GUNS (2015 Scars Publications).

 

WHORE

starving kid
gives you the finger
which is pretty funny

buzz of flies and the
smell of living flesh
                   gone bad

bones of small dogs
laid out in
geometric patterns

keep walking past the
third world
and what comes next?

what obscenities will
the people here
perform for you when
you promise them
                       food?

feels good finally
having all this
              power

About John Sweet:
John sweet, b. 1968; opposed to all organized religion and the idea of plutocracy masquerading as democracy. A believer in the grey area between Dada and surrealism. Work has appeared in Red Fez, Vagabondage Press, Pig Iron Malt, et al. Google "John Sweet Poetry" and there he is, in your face and spinning in circles. Collections include Human Cathedrals and In The Kingdom of Oblivion.