symptoms 2

skyscrapers maws 
chew on flaming paper plane memos 
vain statues 
crumble reflecting the autumn of their posers
rock climbers
cling to the optimistic cliff face even as they fall
spin doctors 
deliver gullible babies into a nation's house
cannon fodder
fertilise  the next generation of ripe sacrifices 

wrecking balls 
swing from steeples hidden under church bell frocks 
political podiums 
stand on immorality termite mounds of ignorance 
soap boxes 
fail to cleanse the befouled mouths of prophets
cult fish 
follow jet streams into burnt cloud pies in the sky
crooked fingers
burn blessings with their erring judging touch 

light bulb 
flickers between realities dark and illusionments  light
paint brush 
smears canvas to erase the artist of their corrupt form 
spoken words 
launch wagging tongue missiles from buried hidden silos 
old goat
propagandist regurgitates their tails while spewing shit
infinities road 
is paved with the genocidal godheads of extinct tribes

old nag 
staggers as the burdens of crossing the finish line nears
dodo birds
waddle down to the street corner to have a flutter
bucket head 
dinosaurs play missing link with lizard people 
roulette wheel 
turns with the speed of an evolving species 
dystopian heart 
is the hole in civilisations dead man hand 

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