{"sf1_id":2114289,"sf2_id":"Vm2zA4jm","title":"No Plateau Even for the Thirsty","author":"Apolarbear17","words":717,"posted_at":"2024-03-13T17:44:57.000Z","tags":["Abstract","Death","Future","Heavy Subjects","Poetry","Then Current Events","Transphobia","War","politics","uncertainty","venting"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2114289-no-plateau-even-for-the-thirsty","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm2zA4jm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/52/8c/528cc898-d3b7-4ea7-b4bf-591634015bbb","description":"So I mentioned in the description of the last poem that it was half of a set of poems that I posted on the same day, this is the other half of that set. This was a venting poem about the state and problems of the world at the time I wrote and posted it originally. It’s kind of bleak, pretty angry, political and attempting to tackle at least several issues at once. Sometimes I look back at poems like these wondering if they were more emotional and focused on this than they needed to be or if I could have made them more focused and emotional with the gift of hindsight. This poem I think is somewhere in between cause it still feels relevant to the way things are but I don’t think I really pour more into it without it becoming overly bleak and losing any sense of message. Originally posted this March 2022","content":"No Plateau Even for the Thirsty\n\n \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nThere seems to be a thirst in the world that shows little signs of ending\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt's hard to say how many truly have it after all they're simultaneously loud but good at blending\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThe past several years have provided them much but it's only made them more greedy and bold\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nWith all this conflict they feed either already or too convinced that this won't affect them growing old\n\n \n\nThey either have enough power to not care or just think they'll get lucky and be spared\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSo they spur on a horrific war they'll never feel or truly grasp the effects of and mock those scarred and scared\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nOr maybe they dismiss those rightfully afraid of disease and death acting like all will be well\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSaying they're brave for acting reckless as those with health conditions are stuck inside\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nMeanwhile graveyards filled with too many sacrificed for productivity continue to swell\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThey claim to just want a return to normal neither\u0026nbsp; recognizing change and refusing by the rules to abide\n\n \n\nSo with this disease and death we seem to be stuck while bombs fly and people fight a tyrant a whole\u0026nbsp; ocean away\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nEither intentionally or not they try to strike blows at the power of the tyrant and hit the people instead\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThe people, some fighting for years before this latest conflict are now battling two fronts with no leeway\n\n \n\nThey're exhausted, terrified of ever present danger, broke from devastating sanctions and to be despised\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nFor having a terrible leader they didn't chose\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nTold by many with nothing to lose to try harder against a situation impossible for any one person to just diffuse\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut given how we treat people back here in the US at all of this I shouldn't really be surprised\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nWe've done just as bad including throwing out refugees from different countries out like refuse\n\n \n\nThere's also the Nazis said to be there but those alone aren't a good reason for outside annexation and attack\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nOf Ukraine that is but those feel like excuses more than anything given how that record tracks\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBesides it's hard to fight Nazis overseas when we've got plenty here too\n\n \n\nPractically and proudly trying to take rights and imprison who they made their latest scapegoat\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nTrying to whip a scare and act like they're protecting the unborn and trans kids\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThey say to think of children while not caring or considering the lives saved by what they try to forbid\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThen so many will try to pretend that these laws aren't so bad or just as many fear for potential lost lives\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIf this dreadful wave of bills of attack on the different or the marginalized goes through for all that it deprives\n\n \n\nMany of us here have so much to fear and I've barely scaled the iceberg of all the dangers that may pass\n\n \n\nIt all creates an ocean of tears, fear and blood that those above us push us into as they berate our class\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBelow the bloody waters there are lampreys who'll latch onto anyone and suck them dry just to gain the favor of those on higher ground\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThen there's those you choose to remain apathetic or push blame on everything but those drinking up our blood\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIn the end though there's just a whole lot of people doing everything to keep their heads up and not drown\n\n \n\nAnd then there's those whose bloodthirst, will never be quenched by those they see as belonging in mud\n\n \n\nOn the borderline of drowning but not quite however that's not sustainable given all the world's crud\n\n \n\nToo much going right now has lead to this and there's no plateau to the problematic waters that surround\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut still people continue to fight for future generations, to actually protect the children that may never know proper solid ground\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAs the blood suckers act like we're terrible for wanting more, for wanting safety as if we're moochers\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAll we want is a plateau to all the bloodshed to be properly happy and free\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut the rising tide from too many bled for the greedy has made a shrinking island in this blood sea\n\n \n\nStill I continue to wonder if and hope that there's a bright, grounded future to someday be\u0026nbsp;"}