Whoever said life is a blessing, <br />Told a satanic lie! <br />You struggle <br />Until you die, <br />A soulless body, <br />Just a nose bleed to a society <br />Not wanting to know <br />The acne face of your failures. <br /> <br />I’ve been humbled <br />On heartless streets, <br />Dejected without deliverance, <br />Spending my affection <br />On household plants, <br />Whispering to unresponsive <br />Rose petals. <br /> <br />Unromantic parks! <br />Horse and carriages <br />Move in gloomy rain, <br />Dead lilac bushes <br />Have flowerless branches <br />Void of fragrance. <br /> <br />At a newsstand, <br />You eat a sandwich; <br />An old lady is mugged, <br />A young girl raped; <br />You wipe your mouth, <br />Forget to say grace. <br /> <br />Hoodlum clans <br />Prowl like <br />Hungry dogs, <br />Hatch <br />Violent plans, <br />Maximum free enterprise! <br /> <br />There is <br />Typhoid fever at dawn <br />As welcoming <br />As feminine blood <br />On a toilet seat. <br /> <br />The November sky <br />Is dying, <br />I’m expecting be buried <br />Beneath decaying leaves <br />In a cemetery of nameless paupers.<br /><br />Uriah Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-is-a-blessing/
