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\title{Poetic Sovereignty}
\date{2012}
\author{Paul Barbot}
\subtitle{A Collection of Poems}


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\part{Part 1: Free Verse}

\chapter{Constituent}



\begin{verse}
Bewildered by beguiling smiles\forcelinebreak
And enamored with shallow presentation\forcelinebreak
Cherished words they sing to me\forcelinebreak
Spawn blindness from my excitation

Worshipping the vile pitch\forcelinebreak
~Acknowledge not the continued fall\forcelinebreak
While bickering on all the matters\forcelinebreak
That matter least of all

Never look beyond the cover\forcelinebreak
To discover their depravity\forcelinebreak
Cling desperate to the notion\forcelinebreak
Of escape from life’s tragedy
\end{verse}

\chapter{Fable}



\begin{verse}
There has been no bigger myth\forcelinebreak
No grander lie told it seems.\forcelinebreak
Than if you work really hard\forcelinebreak
In this life you’ll succeed.

For great fortunes will fall upon you\forcelinebreak
Expanding billfolds burst their seams.\forcelinebreak
Who wouldn’t want a part of this\dots{}\forcelinebreak
The Great American Dream?

A story told to those who toil\forcelinebreak
For naught with broken backs.\forcelinebreak
While denying them the right to claim\forcelinebreak
A seat upon luxury’s lap.
\end{verse}

\chapter{Currency}



\begin{verse}
With your introduction\forcelinebreak
so began humanity’s descent.\forcelinebreak
Surreptitiously bound by these oppressive chains\forcelinebreak
and burdened by your heavy yoke.\forcelinebreak
You slowly drag us back\forcelinebreak
towards the dark recesses of human iniquity\forcelinebreak
from which you spawned.\forcelinebreak
The weight of the passing years\forcelinebreak
has lent you a false credibility;\forcelinebreak
conning us to believe in your self-proclaimed immortality.\forcelinebreak
Barb after loathsome barb you sink into this tired body—\forcelinebreak
squeezing the vibrancy from life\forcelinebreak
and draining its vital essence until only an empty shell remains;\forcelinebreak
Leaving only the ability to silently scream at our abduction and decline.\forcelinebreak
Hugging us tighter still\forcelinebreak
you bring us to our knees as we reach in futility\forcelinebreak
for the time when we were merely strangers—\forcelinebreak
a time we achingly long to clamber back to.\forcelinebreak
Dig in our heels in an attempt to delay\forcelinebreak
this slow journey to the precipice—\forcelinebreak
the point at which all hope is lost;\forcelinebreak
where only the inevitable fall into the cold abyss awaits.\forcelinebreak
Prisoners for eternity.\forcelinebreak
Will we be passive participants in our own extinction\forcelinebreak
Or will we struggle to stand tall—\forcelinebreak
regain our pride?\forcelinebreak
Will we loudly denounce your depraved manner\forcelinebreak
and begin to expunge your pervasive influence—\forcelinebreak
casting aside these wearying shackles\forcelinebreak
to finally become\dots{}\forcelinebreak
free from the strife,\forcelinebreak
free from the torment,\forcelinebreak
free from the fear,\forcelinebreak
Free\dots{}\forcelinebreak
to finally watch you fall into antiquity

alone?
\end{verse}

\chapter{Mother Earth}



\begin{verse}
Oh my children, how you disappoint!\forcelinebreak
The arrogance and delusion you exude\forcelinebreak
To think that you have all the answers.\forcelinebreak
And now you turn your back on me?

You claim you know better\forcelinebreak
Without having a grasp on anything.\forcelinebreak
You disregard the lessons I’ve taught\forcelinebreak
On the cyclic nature of everything.

With every tool at your disposal\dots{}\forcelinebreak
This is what you’ve done?\forcelinebreak
Time has endowed you with intellect and reason\forcelinebreak
Do you not care for all you stand to lose?

You were once the twinkling in my eye;\forcelinebreak
Held in the highest of esteem;\forcelinebreak
The Pride of the entire family;\forcelinebreak
Now, we hang our heads in utter shame.

What are you doing inside that murky orb —Once pristine.\forcelinebreak
Will you rectify this devastation you’ve wrought,\forcelinebreak
And learn the error of your ways?

Or will you continue to plunder,\forcelinebreak
and rape?

I tell you this because I love you;\forcelinebreak
I hate to watch you fall from grace\forcelinebreak
Though perhaps, I shouldn’t let this distress me\forcelinebreak
For in time, you too shall pass.
\end{verse}

\part{Part 2: Haiku}

\chapter{Elemental}



\begin{verse}
From one we all came\forcelinebreak
Can you look at another\forcelinebreak
And claim your greater?
\end{verse}

\chapter{ Defy}



\begin{verse}
A flower unfurls\forcelinebreak
A declaration against\forcelinebreak
The malignant world
\end{verse}

\chapter{Perpetuate}



\begin{verse}
To not take notice\forcelinebreak
The suffering of others\forcelinebreak
Is to foment it
\end{verse}

\chapter{Cycle}



\begin{verse}
Seeds of hate lie mute\forcelinebreak
Within a child’s fresh, young mind\forcelinebreak
To ripen in time
\end{verse}

\chapter{Corrode}



\begin{verse}
Power corrupts deep\forcelinebreak
Driving contempt for all things\forcelinebreak
Except to gain more
\end{verse}

\chapter{Politic}



\begin{verse}
A chorus of screams\forcelinebreak
From the masses just ignored\forcelinebreak
Left behind to fail
\end{verse}

\chapter{Cell}



\begin{verse}
This myth of freedom\forcelinebreak
Keeps us blind to the confines\forcelinebreak
Built up around us
\end{verse}

\chapter{Elected}



\begin{verse}
Only one of two\forcelinebreak
Does it really matter who\forcelinebreak
It all stays the same
\end{verse}

\chapter{Political Truth}



\begin{verse}
Those with minds shut tight\forcelinebreak
Will have their worldviews shattered\forcelinebreak
When it all comes out
\end{verse}

\chapter{Scapegoat}



\begin{verse}
Mask the real problem\forcelinebreak
Pushing one forward to fall\forcelinebreak
The system moves on
\end{verse}

\chapter{Conflict (No Acceptable Answer)}



\begin{verse}
Claim your god is Love\forcelinebreak
How can you explain away\forcelinebreak
This suffering world?
\end{verse}

\chapter{Diminish}



\begin{verse}
Because I refuse\forcelinebreak
The rules that you’ve forced on me\forcelinebreak
Do my words mean less?
\end{verse}




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Paul Barbot

Poetic Sovereignty

A Collection of Poems

2012


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