Everything's broken 

by design yet the spirit

resists their scheming 

Rusty swords rattled 

until they snap leaving just 

empty vain gestures 

Broken bell towers

fail to call the faithful to

defend city walls 

Clamps on jaws creak, warp,

and finally snap with a roar 

from the dispossessed 

Unfortunately, 

product placement is hard in 

poetry (drink Coke!) 

Toss the problems like

so much snow onto the pile

teetering above

A broken smile, not

a sneer, but edging closer 

with each new trauma