What Creature Is This Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

What Creature Is This



What creature is this,
That decides to begin explicit conflicts?
Doing things the opposite...
And spreading contagious disease.
That feeds on hypocrisy,
With such amazing ease!
What creature is this,
Existing in our midst?
Allow to persist with displays of sickness!
Poisonous is the water...
And the air this 'thing' pollutes!
Unsatisfied with its reflection seen...
It destroys anything Mother Nature 'salutes'.
What creature is this,
That can not sit to fit in?
Why is it like a cancer spreading,
With no cure to stop its end!
What creature is this,
With a mind that defines?
And looking for a way,
To slay all goodness that it finds!
What creature is this...
Insisting to plant chaos remembered,
And not to be left behind!
What creature IS this?
Making attempts...
To discourage wishes of peace,
It declines!
What beast is this watched...
As it craves with venom seeking to unwind!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Diane Violet 11 July 2007

The title drew me in Lawrence, it has a familiar sound I haven't placed yet! The titles familiarity has a more pleasant feel than this scary read you have produced. It just came to me.....definite opposites you have achieved in this write! All the best, Diane

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