Friday, April 21, 2023

NaPoWriMo day twentyone




















it is probably incorrect
to say there were stirrings
(continuously).
 
he was a man
with an eloquent tongue,
a system of whispers.
 
he waited for a signal,
known in secret.
 
the signal came
in time,
brought many changes—
 
hard laws imposed
became almost commonplace
(according to authorities).
 
*
 
all the records of the day
suggest stirrings under the surface,
the habit of assembling wrongs.
 
a man of fine and fine courage
could open the prison.
 
this was planned.
 
who refused to accept
laws formed themselves
and lived.
 
ownership increased
by leaps and bounds.
 
circumstance
became most pronounced,
a remedy for evils.
 
*
 
that labouring
lacked organization.
 
circumstances
seem to trace back
to one man
 
he was persuaded to believe,
the word was clear
 
(but that story
does not belong here)
 
death brought many changes
in conditions. so many
fell easily into immoral ways
 
so involved in the commonplace,
a complete ignorance
about everything,
nature a plague.