Apocalyptic As The Body Politic Poem by Shane Markie

The world is a crazy place today where terrorist acts abound
And the pleading cries of the innocent is an ever increasing sound
Diseases like Ebola and AIDS in our society can still be found
And illegal drugs flood our streets sold by the ounce and by the pound

White slavery is a cottage industry with no end in sight
Repressive regimes rattle their sabers trying to show their might
Large swaths of the Earth suffer from unending blight
And there is a darkness across the land trying to snuff out the light

Floods and tornadoes have become a normal part of our existence
Earthquake stricken communities ask the world for assistance
Religion is an institution that has increasingly lost its significance
And refugees from war torn regions try to leave their ancestral homes in the distance

Our society is in a downswing and I'm really trying not to sound apocalyptic
But atrocities are committed by cruel individuals who are sadistic
China has control of half the world that could be called monopolistic
And we might yet be able to turn around our fortunes but I'm not so optimistic

My apocalyptic vision of the future that I see is shared by a chosen few
Who have railed about this to the politicians for years until their faces turned blue
But the people in power don't listen which really is nothing new
All they worry about is how many votes for re-election they can accrue

If we don't change the world at large we all are doomed
Because eventually all the fossil fuels will be consumed
Genocide as a practice by some will be resumed
And eventually mushroom clouds over the horizon will have bloomed

The end will come for us on the swift wings of death
Who'll stretch out his skeletal fingers and steal our breath
And like the madwoman that was Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth
We'll be dragged down to a place where you puff sulfur and meth