Scott Thomas Outlar- A Poem

The Blind Leading the Blind

 

I am the white walrus

with a bloated whale liver

sunk out at sea

on a raft

Buddha forgot to inspect

no safety net

to stay afloat

the dolphins are stuck

with the tuna

let’s order sushi

with our mercury poisoning

and GMO soy sauce

so the organs can explode

like popcorn massacre

for a future born into mutation

get a fresh huff of radiation

depleted uranium tax breaks

every child needs a credit score

to keep up with the neighbors

who murdered Jones

and left the grave fresh

for a dog to lay a bone in

all these skeletons in America’s closet

are looking more and more like monsters

carrying self destructive urges

armed to the teeth

with masked Jihadist intentions

screaming to their prophet

for a taste of virgin flesh

in the desert where mirages

fool the worst into believing

they were so close to the finish

not on a track that leads to nowhere

Scott Thomas Outlar spends the hours flowing and fluxing with the tide of the Tao River. His debut chapbook "A Black Wave Cometh" will be released in April through Dink Press. More of Scott's work can be found on his blog 17numa.wordpress.com.