By Anthony Salandy
Noetic understanding is Bygone knowledge lost to eras elapsing, Where consistent bombardment Gives rise to false Admiration, A valse played in tempo allegro
And enacted with tactful haste
Much like faulty policies,
Beings rendered statistics,
Numbers to be gratified
And patronized, The creation of illusions
Reciprocally concocted
Through passivity, A consequence of consistent immediacy,
An expectation unravelling As dander tarnishes false grass And winds murmur tepid arias, Assaulting amber leaves
As ideological roots continue disruption covert.
About the author:
Anthony is a Black Mixed-race poet & writer who has spent most of his life in Kuwait jostling between the UK & America. Anthony's work has been published 215 times internationally. Anthony has 2 published chapbooks titled 'The Great Northern Journey' 2020 (Lazy Adventurer Publishing) & 'Vultures' 2021 (Roaring Junior Press) as well as a novel 'The Sands of Change' 2021 (Alien Buddha Press). Anthony's Chapbook 'Half Bred' is the Winner of the 2021 'The Poetry Question' Chapbook contest. Anthony is the EIC of Fahmidan Journal & Poxetry Editor at Chestnut Review. More of his work includes Slumber and Demonstrative Demands is available in Erato, Issue I: Bloom. Twitter/Instagram: @arsalandy https://arsalandywriter.com/