Scott Wozniak- A Poem

Crumbling Utopian Pipedream

I dream

of fire and rubble

dominating

the landscape,

of city streets

bathed in chaos

and confusion,

of asphalt and cinder blocks

baptized in destruction

as our sins

and self sabotage

wash down gutter,

of rebirth

found

in the purge

of a crumbling

utopian pipedream

that never materialized

into anything

other than pain

and deceit.

From this wreckage

we can start anew

as the lies,

booze,

drugs,

death,

two dollar tricks,

and trash

all recede

into spectral past,

left behind

with children

as forgotten dreams

climb from decay

to reclaim

all of us

unworthy savages.

Bio- Scott Wozniak is a poet and short story writer who doesn't feel like ego tripping on his list of publications at the moment. If you want to read more of his work or order his chapbook, "Bumrush the Fantasy," please go to about.me/swozniak. Otherwise, you can probably find his works blowing by you with the trash in the wind.