Pondering the madness

I pondered forever on the theme of madness
to be ever in the debt of life
in the ways of the world
the struggle for supremacy
the throws of exquisite existence
the emblem rising
heavy breathing on the theme of doldrums
why is it that I have not the strength
to seek the magic
the wonder that is my obvious inheritence
I writhe and seethe
whine and complain
the lot of a man too sick and filled with vomit
it's pungent odour of decay
filling the air
it overflows from my mouth
it streams down the outside of this aging body
in love I am with energy and recognition
of that dream that life is
never ending streams of consciousness

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poem by Brian Routh
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