Edmund Bithdorf's Glorious Distraction

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I summon thee to inform

thee thoroughly of the conform-

ity of Mr. Edmund Baltimore Bithdorf to his schedule

of routine perpetual

distraction, descending into hell.


His plunge into the underground fire

was not fast neither

strong, but rather tranquil

like a leaf fluttering into a leaf pile.


It took a while.

It began on the 14th of October

as Mr. Bithdorf conceptualized a metaphor

It went like this

nice and crisp

like apple cider.

Twas the season

yet there was no reason

for why he drugged and aborted himself and

disposed his being into a trash can

in the lot

and let the appearance of his being

continue on as an impeccably efficient, convincing robot.


You might think not

well of my poem as it goes by so far.

That 's because you're confused

and not aware

of what I'm really meaning.


It all started with his self demeaning

that occurred internally while externally

he remained operating just the same,

a man proud and strong, seducing the lame

beast that haunted from within.

His eternal sin

would be a burden

to his community if they were to know about it.

For many burdens society is not fit.

This contention held by abortionists

became the basis

for the metaphor that Edmund would adore

on that brisk odd day

the 14th of October.


Now Edmund

went near stark mad

lving in London

in his own little quaint

Brave New World.


His image, his system

turned unfurled

untangled, rendered open and naked,

degredating all that was sacred. 


The real him was shown dead 

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