[a measure of anarchy]
earthly and cumbersome
we slowly learn the lay of the land
wary of words
so seldom spoken
in truth
if we realized this
we might hold our tongue
until a more advanced age
becoming all the wiser
without playing their game
we can still choose
not to fall into place, into line
simply because that is how we are taught
we will not obey and follow
or worship and weaken
we pride ourselves independent
from some divine monarch in the sky
we find no comfort in tradition
no reason
to be beholden
to unquestioned beliefs
no contentment
in the thought of eventually
shuffling off this mortal coil
a loyal subject until the end.
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Edward L. Canavan is a Los Angeles based poet whose work has most recently appeared in New Croton Review, The Opiate, AEOS Magazine, and “Silence Is Consent” – An Anthology of American Poets to Speak to the American Conscience. He has 2 poetry collections published by Cyberwit Press. Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, Edward currently resides in North Hollywood, California, where he practices Buddhism and is currently listening to Dead Pioneers.
