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Masses Weathered stones decorate the borderlands Of mental doldrums coated in jagged glass And feverish searching for finite validation, Capital lavished on those that contort, Those that bend at will, A brutal submission Where tarnished ethics Disappear in hordes of seekers Each within their own cerebral cage Delicately hidden from the collective longing Piercing through momentary discourse. Impassioned monologues spewed At cloaked beings illuminated Only by constructions That feed into a deluge Of romanticised experiences Futile, and fanciful. For the living now long For an ultimate journey Unknown and unexpected, Lost somewhere in grand darkness. Bio: A.R. SALANDY: Anthony is a Black Mixed-race poet & writer who has spent most of his life in Kuwait jostling between the UK & America. Anthony's work has been published 230 times internationally. Anthony has 3 published chapbooks titled 'The Great Northern Journey' 2020 (Lazy Adventurer Publishing) & 'Vultures' 2021 (Roaring Junior Press) as well as a novel 'The Sands of Change' 2021 (Alien Buddha Press). Anthony's Chapbook 'Half Bred' is the Winner of the 2021 'The Poetry Question' Chapbook contest. Anthony is the EIC of Fahmidan Journal & Poetry Editor at Chestnut Review. Twitter/Instagram: @arsalandy https://arsalandywriter.com/
Fevers of the Mind 