July 21, 2021 · 2:54 pm
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You Cannot – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Art work: found at notbuyinganything.blogspot.com

“The new slavery is consumerism.” Bryant McGill

You Cannot

You cannot make a silk purse from the isms of life
though many have tried and succeeded for a time,
wrapping them in beautiful magnetic attraction,
only to reveal an emptiness of meaning as crisis.

Though many have tried and succeeded for a time,
too soon the facade faded to its skeletal menace
only to reveal an emptiness of meaning as crisis,
the very dust we are returning to laughs at our surmise.

Too soon the facade faded to its skeletal menace,
a harbour of jaundiced, unrepentant misery,
the very dust we are returning to laughs at our surmise,
thinking we could trust the gratuitous laminate-life.

A harbour of jaundiced, unrepentant misery,
wrapping them in beautiful magnetic attraction,
thinking we could trust the gratuitous laminate-life,
you cannot make a silk purse from the isms of life.


Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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28 responses to “You Cannot – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  2. Patricia
    July 21, 2021 at 5:38 pm

    Love this! Well said and presented. Thank you, Paul.

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  3. Liz Gauffreau
    July 22, 2021 at 12:05 am

    This poem should prompt one to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

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  6. OIKOS™- Art, Books & more
    July 22, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    Thats the truth. Thank you, Paul! xx Michael

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  7. Cindy Georgakas
    July 23, 2021 at 1:08 am

    Well, said Paul… no we cannot. what about a bucket with holes? 💖

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  8. MissLisaLily
    July 31, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    Very well done. Love it!

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  9. Charis Counselling
    August 22, 2021 at 11:38 am

    Wow such a powerful pantoum

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  10. Carol anne
    December 16, 2022 at 4:45 pm

    I really like this! xoxo very nicely done!

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