Set On Auto-Pilot Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Set On Auto-Pilot



Not only have they been,
Floating along powered by denial.
Their minds have been set on auto-pilot,
For as long as the supplies held out.

Now no one can convince them,
They must swim to shore...
Aided by their own initiative.
For them what had existed,
Is no more!

Many have chosen to ignore this warning.
With a demand for a new menu.
And a replacement of a chef...
That has never existed to prepare a new dish.
They laugh and perceive this to be an absurdity.

'Excuse me? '

And the tides are rushing ever so close,
To toss them all over a cliff.
And this...
They protest with the loudest of voices.
And wish all of this nonsense,
Be stopped by the shutting of lips.

Excuse me?
Waiter?
Waiter?

Did you see him pass us?
As if he did not hear me.
WAITER?

That's it.
He gets from me no tip! '
That is why they pass petitions.
To avoid this 'foolishness'.

'Waiter?
And he's parading around here,
With a lifejacket on.

Waiter?
I'm demanding your presence immediately.
Oh no he didn't! !
Did you see him sush me? '

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