shopping list
how many of them are us
born without a homeland
left to find your own identity
displacement is not new
go ask any dinosaur
having survived the initial blast
news of a madman’s war
infiltrates the airwaves
something old is new again
the house down the street
caught fire overnight
will probably take a year to repair
I look out the bay window
counting my blessings
adding peanut butter to the list
february two thousand twenty-two
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Lovely, the last verse puts everything in perspective.
Thank you very much.
And isn’t this the way we are? There has to be a better way – certainly there are enough resources for what we need, what is lacking is the willingness to create equality. And what do you do with a despot?
Great poem.
Great questions, Chris. Thanks for stopping by and commenting on this piece.
My pleasure.