Tanka: Mindless Walk

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Out in the dank day
no one wants to speak to you.
Walk on forever.
A lonely metropolis
the snare of unwary souls

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: Atlantis Rising

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Are we Atlantis?
I see it risen again
all across the world.
Plato says they overstepped:
we are repeating the past

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: Alienation

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The world is empty
Stark cold imagery rules
Old pictures of you
Take hold alienation
Life in black and white

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: Ant Colony

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This ant colony
There’s no individual
No concept of hope
Freedom is an abstraction
Death is the only way out

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: The Last Trump

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Is it irony
or maybe co-incidence
Signs say otherwise
The Last Trump ready to blow
Romulus screams from the grave

copyright Francis Barker 2019