BORED GAME

those teeth they keep

in there

seem so important

they must be saddened

by the abundance of smiles

forgotten

all the meals

chewed

without real hunger

*

everybody finds corruption

deplorable

before they have a go at it

the call for solidarity

is a circus act

followed

by selflessness

and dying promises

*

they speak of the mungoose

and the cobra

but not for long

somewhere in the oceans

now

a plastic bag

is patiently subduing

a manta ray