Solid Deserts

Vast outlines of buildings
covering the horizon
The remnants of light refusing
to step back
to where they belong
Dark curtains unable to fall
into place entirely
The weakness of man represented
by creations of concrete

Feeding the rich, ripping the poor
Stuffing the contented,
exterminate the cure
No outer identity
In the solid deserts of grey
No inner integrity
In the solid deserts of grey
Huge forms
which lean over every living thing
The focus
which moves to the outer fringy skirts
of deep black
Glaring lights stopping
the natural course of
The shadows which appear
to be thinned and incomplete

Feeding the rich, ripping the poor
Stuffing the contented,
exterminate the cure
No outer identity
In the solid deserts of grey
No inner integrity
In the solid deserts of grey
Solid deserts
Where crowds disintegrate
Solid deserts
Equality of the individual

Feeding the rich, ripping the poor
Stuffing the contented, exterminate the cure
No outer identity – In the solid deserts of grey
No inner integrity – In the solid deserts of grey