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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REASON DETHRONED, by BETTY ANN FEINEMAN
First Line: The mangled form beneath the arc-light's glow
Last Line: Crescendoing from ache of pinioned wings.
Subject(s): Violence
First Line: The mangled form beneath the arc-light's glow
Last Line: Crescendoing from ache of pinioned wings.
Subject(s): Violence
The mangled form beneath the arc-light's glow
Has ceased to pray. Uncomprehending, dumb,
The mob disbands and questions not the numb
Yet violent urge that causes blood to flow.
They shuffle off -- the human undertow
Of driving, brooding, restless men that come
And go amid the stone-ribbed streets and thrum
Of great machines that shuttle to and fro.
The sins of ignorance cloud their dreams, pervade
Their huddled homes. Their toil and pain and long
Lean years are taut Lilliputian strings
That bind their hearts to earth. The mad parade
Of complex days goes on with muffled song
Crescendoing from ache of pinioned wings.
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