George K Karos’ poem Crass Simulation appeared here in July 2014.

In the Circles of Progress
By George K Karos

In the circles of progress
there exist communities of weakness
silent enough to vanquish
collective blood and namesakes
of markets too beastly for a human price tag
and too serpentine for demonic reparations
as disparate acts of hope and salvation
continuously promise to repair what has never been broken.