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Apapa (a Poem) by chriswopet(m): 1:29pm On Sep 03, 2015 |
Apapa the little I know the better; For the knowledge itself is sickness; The enemy has sired a monster; and the monster, monsters of queasiness; They've consumed the quaint seaside scenery; And have laid eggs of eerie; Some tall, some short; Some amorphous, some with form; Apapa is now the monstress; Apapa is now the sickness; For every dream she takes, she gives a pipe; And some bottles beside, how kind; The virtuous woman is a rare sight at night; For here the time is never ripe; For what? For the maladies of greed to cease; She has opened her doors wide and she beckons; Like a prostitute, but is she not? Her customers are the sons of Adam, the very heirs; Heirs to the corruption but does she care? No! She cares not, nor does she fear; How her children fare; Let them violate them in public glare; None let them spare; Black and white they troop in; With mouths that can only suck in; Someday when the milk dries up; Someday when she's old and used up; What's going to happen to the widows and orphans? A question for the monsters; Oh but monsters they are; They'll just find another Apapa. Apapa the little I know the better; For the knowledge itself is sickness; The enemy has sired a monster; and the monster, monsters of queasiness; They've consumed the quaint seaside scenery; And have laid eggs of eerie; Some tall, some short; Some amorphous, some with form; Apapa is now the monstress; Apapa is now the sickness; For every dream she takes, she gives a pipe; And some bottles beside, how kind; The virtuous woman is a rare sight at night; For here the time is never ripe; For what? For the maladies of greed to cease; She has opened her doors wide and she beckons; Like a prostitute, but is she not? Her customers are the sons of Adam, the very heirs; Heirs to the corruption but does she care? No! She cares not, nor does she fear; How her children fare; Let them violate them in public glare; None let them spare; Black and white they troop in; With mouths that can only suck in; Someday when the milk dries up; Someday when she's old and used up; What's going to happen to the widows and orphans? A question for the monsters; Oh but monsters they are; They'll just find another Apapa. For the knowledge itself is sickness; The enemy has sired a monster; and the monster, monsters of queasiness; They've consumed the quaint seaside scenery; And have laid eggs of eerie; Some tall, some short; Some amorphous, some with form; Apapa is now the monstress; Apapa is now the sickness; For every dream she takes, she gives a pipe; And some bottles beside, how kind; The virtuous woman is a rare sight at night; For here the time is never ripe; For what? For the maladies of greed to cease; She has opened her doors wide and she beckons; Like a prostitute, but is she not? Her customers are the sons of Adam, the very heirs; Heirs to the corruption but does she care? No! She cares not, nor does she fear; How her children fare; Let them violate them in public glare; None let them spare; Black and white they troop in; With mouths that can only suck in; Someday when the milk dries up; Someday when she's old and used up; What's going to happen to the widows and orphans? A question for the monsters; Oh but monsters they are; They'll just find another Apapa. |
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