Social Tremors

Cannibal crawl tonight
on the crumbling boulevard

Legions of street creatures
suckling like neon parasites
on a carnivore binge 

Shadowy residents
of soul less asphalt canyons
never exposed to sunlight

These vampires of city nights
viciously prey on each other
while suburban squires
spectate this nightly feeding frenzy
on their 60 inch flat screens
as they reinforce
their security moats
and pray the underworld
stays beneath their feet

Maybe someday
those with nothing
but shared desperation
will organize
and channel
their frustrations
into a break out force
demanding economic parity

A movement to forever slash
the divide and suppress
social control net
that has kept the undesirables typecast
as victim fodder for the evening news