Two Poems by Jack G Bowman "After Watching 'Behemoth'' and "Impeachment Proceedings"

After Watching Behemoth

Phosphorous, radium enlightenment

Uranium 238 smile,

the scientist from the NRC

watches the sky,

mystery crashes in the atmosphere

wonders in sci/fi;

‘if aliens are changing the atmosphere so it’s easier for them to breathe’

or if that’s just another excuse for greedy, heartless sapiens

to pollute the planet 

sad, acid, fog tears, burns, scars

Earth trembles

waits for another large asteroid,

already past due

or some new dangerous giant to come up from the ocean depths

to do a little payback.

Impeachment Proceedings

His peacemaker role now becomes a resistance martyr

flames of frightened villagers march to storm the castle

he sees them, feels the mob blood rise

it is exciting, easy to join in

so he backs off

his one reflective desire

to observe; takes over,

intellect overrules the immense emotional wave

there cannot be too many mistakes

or the castle will send its soldiers to stomp the rebellion

storm troopers and with vengeance and sharpened blades

death, makes the man curious,

to watch at a distance

they no longer pretend to listen to him

the walls must come down,

the king must be tried and hung

and the land must become fertile again

maybe… maybe.

Jack G. Bowman is a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT MFC42855) poet, composer, artist and performer in Southern California. His poems have been widely published in small presses across the US, UK, India, Mexico, and on the internet since 1991. He has written reviews for Poetix and poeticdiversity, and he was a member of the poetry groups Third Person Singular, Duotribe, and The Furniture Guild Poets. In recent years, he's been published in Altadena Poetry Quarterly, Spectrum Anthologies, and Fevers of the Mind. In 2016, he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

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