Summary
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Desperate Times is a rueful piece that arose from notes taken for a set of poems with a distinct Aztec theme.
The theme didn't carry over very well, but I think the core subject matter is quite clear.
Although the narrator describes what could be only a brazen coward, the unspoken wickedness that is the cause of flight is what I wanted to address.
The original theme is extremely dark, and I had a hard time putting it into words.
Ultimately, I kept it basic and this was the result.
Content Type: Poetry Singles
Content Created: Fall 2002
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Be escorted from the shelter of your village
Through the blight of a storm
Where the fog hangs low
And you become lost
In an obfuscating snow
Blaze a trail through the cold mist
To the snowy peaks of wretched retreat
Where the climes are sheer
And the sunlight doesn't reach
And your foes disappear
In this solitude celebrate the cowardice
Of your weak soul
Shallowly sublime
But don't even think
About your desperate times