Michael Walker
Cage aux Folles
In the cages of single women captive in cities
The aroma of sterility lingers in the air
After they leave for offices in banks and stores
And I coffee in hand, stare through the glass onto a world of
Cages London, Paris, Hamburg or Turin
And turn the pages of my life’s lusting
Back to an unmade bed
We are urban nomads Spengler said
We are not triumphant here and shall never be
Till the green blade bursts the asphalt’s crust
And the ceilings crash in the temples built by Pharisees
To welcome the winning sky turned virgin blue
And sea winds whistle through conniving office-rooms
Where once the circulation of the air was thought-controlled
And bare blond children, bald and bold as acorns
Thrive in the fields of ever-green grass
Thrust their feet through the dust of tumbled temple walls
And mock the mortgaged past
Michael Walker has written a novel, plays, poems and various political and philosophical articles. He is English but has lived and worked in the USA, Kenya, Italy and France and is now resident in Germany. His poems have been published previously in Heretic magazine and the Italian publication Letteratura.
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