“The Thing on the Corner” published at Chewers & Masticadores

On By Mike U.In Poetry

I’m pleased to let you know my poem “The Thing on the Corner” has been published at Chewers & Masticadores. Many thanks to Nolcha Fox and her team for sharing this poem with their readers. To have my work included with that of so many talented writers is an honor for which I’m deeply grateful. Thank you, Nolcha!

“The Thing on the Corner”

“The thing on the corner
That squalid revenant
That only I could see
As my daily peregrination
Took me through the city
Past vulgar monuments
To capitalism and greed
Through roiling seas of
Soulless apathetic drones
The mindless rhythm of
Humanity
The ebb and flow of futility…”

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31 thoughts on ““The Thing on the Corner” published at Chewers & Masticadores”

    1. Thanks a bunch, David. Truly grateful for your kindness, good sir. It’s a topic that means a great deal to me, one I’ve visited several times before in my poetry. The way we treat those less fortunate than ourselves says a lot about who we are as humans. I just wish we, as a species, could finally understand that we’re all in this together and we need to help one another. It seems like such a simple thing, and well within our capacity, but we continue to fail our fellow humans time and again. I’m getting old and losing hope that things will ever change, but I hope I’m wrong. Anyway, thanks for your support, as always. Much appreciated. 🙂

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      1. I’ve both connected and not with the thing on the corner and still, it’s only later that i envision the bright shiny kid he or she once was.. and indeed, we many are but one catastrophic domino-fall away from a similar station; we just don’t believe it.

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  11. This reminds me of another poem you wrote about overlooked people and lost potential. What was that one? “Odysseus.” I still remember that one, and this moved me in a similar way, Mike. Your talent continues to astound me. Congrats on another publication. 🙂

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    1. Thanks so much, Diana. This is a recurring theme of mine, dating back to college. Invisible, forgotten people, stories left untold, the apathy of humanity towards itself, the uncanny and tragic tendency for people to fall between the cracks and disappear. I have a dog in this fight, so to speak, as my current circumstances are quite tenuous, and my greatest fear is homelessness. I have more poetry dealing with this and similar themes, and I’m sure I’ll write new pieces centered around this topic. I suppose we all write about what means the most to us (or what frightens us the most, or what causes us the most pain, etc.). My poem “Odysseus” (thank you for remembering that one) dealt with an array of characters. I wanted to focus on one particular invisible person in this piece. The imagery in my mind while I wrote this one was so cinematic, so realistic, so sharp and painful and intense… It sort of wrote itself. I fear that in todays’ toxic political climate, there may be a lot more invisible, forgotten folks on street corners in the near future. I hope we don’t let that happen.

      Thanks as always for your insightful reviews. I truly appreciate your kindness and look forward to your visits here, my friend. 🙂

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