Down Deep We’re Shallow

by George Salamon / May 5th, 2019

Who thinks about what a
Man can know, how he
Should live, what to expect?
About what is moral or just,
What is not, and how he
Might know?
Other priorities prevail:
Wealth management,
The kids’ college
Aspirations, what to
Do about the sick old dog.
Maybe, now and then, a
Glance at the sad state of
Earth, another at the sorry
State of the internet.
Late in life, a shudder at
His own mortality.
Other consciousness
Beyond the quotidian
Is left to the mad and
The weird, to poets and
Philosophers stranded in the
Bargain basement of the
Almighty Global Marketplace.

George Salamon lives in St. Louis, MO, where he did not grow up. Read other articles by George.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 5th, 2019 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.