The Art of Presumption

blasting through in a Sound poem

Painting by Waldemar Kazak

On Amtrak glam track,
where clickety-clack meets yakety-yak,
hoity-toity party pack,
going gaga over Dada,

         glares at bourgeois commuters,
         slaves to their computers,

with elegant arrogance
in spiritual ritual of catty chatter
to preserve their presumption
of social transcendence

         over hoi poloi riffraff trapped
         in arid desert of the mundane.

La-dee-dah!


Poet's Notes: ▶︎

1. Premise: Presumption of status among our society is an art unto itself.

2. Sound poetry is an artistic form in which the phonetic qualities of the language are featured over the rational expression, as described and demonstrated in the following link: https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-craft-tips/abstr... .

3. Written for the "Word Pictures Contest"  picture prompt #1 and the "Rebel Poetry Contest"  title prompt "The Art of Presumption."

4. Yakety-yak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvxhDHuClg