to pity the destitute or outlandishly unfortunate
Does not bring me to heights of inspiration
the depths of despair, to the brink of tears
Pathos does not lie with as it does with some
who swoon at the mention of tragedy or misfortunate
happen chances. Like school girls at the sight celebrity
I do not celebrate its occurrence with event or fornication.
Its thrusting cock does not ask for consent from unwilling victims.
Pathos will not jump me, take me unawares
as it rapes the minds of those innocent bystanders
crying from his sting over yonder. They are unaware of
his treachery nor his pathetic ploy. The fallacy of pathos is no mystery to me. I can smell its scent a mile off—
Pathetic fallacy is a sure indicator that he is a decoy.
Distress, wreaks inner havoc, a train wreck
On the brain’s charred ground. The sound district
to a bleeding heart is no performance, but an utterance
of sorrow too great to contain. Pathos is no mistress to
Sorrow, neither kin nor slut to grief. It is a deceiver, playing on the
good will of those unfamiliar with the real thing.
No. Pathos does not pull the blind on me.
The destitute flower beds of sorrow were
my birthplace. Their visage is more
familiar than the sun or clear skies.
I know the matrices, the complexity of sorrow.
This shit is synthesized. Overly humanized
Estranged to the alien sorrow forces me to be.