Does anyone know any good doomer poetry? I've been listening to The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You Black Emperor, and want more like the bit from the intro.

The bit from the intro:

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The car's on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel

And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides

And a dark wind blows

The government is corrupt

And we're on so many drugs

With the radio on and the curtains drawn

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine

And the machine is bleeding to death

The sun has fallen down

And the billboards are all leering

And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles

It went like this:

The buildings toppled in on themselves

Mothers clutching babies

Picked through the rubble

And pulled out their hair

The skyline was beautiful on fire

All twisted metal stretching upwards

Everything washed in a thin orange haze

I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful -

These are truly the last days"

You grabbed my hand

And we fell into it

Like a daydream

Or a fever

We woke up one morning and fell a little further down

For sure it's the valley of death

I open up my wallet

And it's full of blood

:desolate:

  • steve5487 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I don't think doomer poetry is a great idea cause there was one poem in the 1800's that led to a spate of suicides

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      3 years ago

      Also a novel in the 1770s. It was the best of times, it was the Werther of times.