Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Fear of Past Tomorrows (a poem)

Shadows of yesteryear 
reverberate through time  
pounding on the door 
official act demands 
lay your undesirables 
on the unclean floor 
round them up 
rejected  
for the alleged safety 
and greatness of all 
once friends 
and neighbors 
loved ones you chose  
to sanctimoniously vilify 
turn against 
dragged away 
disappeared  
from your 
hateful 
homogenized 
nevermore 
A photo drenched in red barely shows a person in the lower left corner and part of a bed frame in the right corner.
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2024, John L. Harmon 

Freak Out, 
JLH 
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Other poems from this author…
A photo of a book split in two. The top half of the book is at the bottom, showing the title, vision bent. The bottom half of the book is at the top and shows the author, John L. Harmon. He is wearing a purple shirt and is peering through one lense of his mad scientist glasses, with the second title, half-blind poems, at a slant under his eye.

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4 comments:

  1. Barry P.July 9, 2024 at 12:10 PM

    What a powerful poem. I'll be thinking about this one for a while.

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    1. John L. HarmonJuly 9, 2024 at 7:44 PM

      Thank you, Barry.
      Truthfully, this one will be hard for me to shake off

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  2. AnonymousJuly 10, 2024 at 5:33 PM

    gonna hang it on my mirror! gonna share it with my other author friend! thanks -

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    1. John L. HarmonJuly 11, 2024 at 7:09 AM

      You're welcome and thanks for sharing my words!

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