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Regarding Utopia

M.C. Rydel

They think they can build something perfect,
A castle on the tip of a peninsula
Separated from the mainland by a moat,
Where you leave all the doors unlocked,
Feed the neighbors, pray however you want,
And tolerate graffiti and revolution.


I spray paint footprints on the mailboxes
And stone walls, fight off their trances
And enchantment the way the west wind
Might breathe autumn into an August day
Scattering leaves on cobblestones,
Months before it’s supposed to happen.


I love life in something, almost perfect,
Embrace quintessential sorrow
Savor lost loves and squandered fortunes,
Sunbathe half naked next to the misty sea,
And protest perfection for the sake of stains,
Litter, diapers, stuttering, and white lies.


They have, in fact, created something perfect,
Perfect theatre, fiction, science, and art,
Reality projected on a movie screen,
A synthetic pearl, a silk rose,
A morning fog like an angel, a bodiless body
Who makes us forget everything one life to the next.


I am just trying to remember last night,
The utopian coffeehouses and pubs,
The latte, beer, vodka, and rum,
Taking a boat out into the bay
The illuminated castle like a chocolate candy
Ready for the continent to consume.

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