scorpion swelter desert ventilation cactus
drumble (moving a slow or sluggish manner)
bankrupt vile spectrum bead
drumble (moving a slow or sluggish manner)
bankrupt vile spectrum bead
Ever seen a scorpion
sweltering in the sun
Not any sun but in the hot and burning desert
Where morning dew could boil in minutes done
It crawled in drumble
movements in little spurts
Sought ventilation just as some deprived homeless
A cactus perhaps or some concealed dim lit holds
Bankrupt of
ideas but for both will to survive endless
Vile ways of
society impacting on luckless souls
Spectrum of
honor befitting those who slogged
Faced with unjust world of unscrupulous racketeers
Could be up against a solid wall strongly blocked
Where beads of sweat did not match their endeavors
For Mindlovemisery's Menagerie
Wordle #40 and
Magaly's at Open Link Mondays
For Mindlovemisery's Menagerie
Wordle #40 and
Magaly's at Open Link Mondays
Sometimes those walls just won't come down
ReplyDeleteYou ponder deep, worthy thoughts
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu
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Interesting and a great read Hank.
ReplyDeleteA fable/poem that holds a truism. Well done! Merry Christmas, to you and your family, Hank.
ReplyDeleteThe struggle of life, and we keep working through
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for those luckless souls.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Hank!
I could feel the struggle-your poem paints this view so well! Wow~
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, to you and yours!
I watched a show once where a woman who had a home in the desert had a scorpion infestation. While she was able to take measures to keep them out she wasn't sure anyone else would buy the home having to add that expense.
ReplyDeleteAt night she could go out with a black light and all the scorpions that had climbed on her home would just pop out like odd little designs.
I guess if you are going to build in the desert you need to be very aware of what life lives there! It seems in this case Scorpions 1, homeowner 0.
Thanks for your visit - best to you and yours, Jules
That last stanza brings so many thoughts... So many times we fight, push, hold until our muscles and mind cry out. And still, we can't keep the worse from happening.
ReplyDeletethe scorpions are built for their environment...
ReplyDeleteharsh and unforgiving...they live on....
That scorpion is a hardy animal ~ Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you ~
ReplyDeleteI like that this can be taken literally or as analogy. Well done.
ReplyDeleteExcellent use of the wordle Hank. Hope the holidays are good for you.
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