Author: Gabriel Santiago
Image: Snowy Tree Tops (here)‘Snow would be the easy way out' - Rita Dove
in ‘November for Beginners’.
What a sight! White on the tree tops. Cold weather
outside and it has not even received the full impact
of Winter. Warmth blankets the family and loved
ones together. They are within the domain of safety
in front of the idiot box.
Looking at the destructive power unleashed they
could clearly see mayhem of explosions, black smoke
and broken blocks in front of their eyes in real-time
The injured were carried helter-skelter amidst the
rubbles, Praying for peace. Expecting a breakthrough?
Not likely.
Despairing thoughts though
Rough times for business ahead
Gloomy scene for all
Snow would be the easy way out
Perhaps as a likely excuse
Kim at d'Verse Prosery - november-for-beginners/
That's the sad price of war...
ReplyDeleteAlas... not much is moving in the right direction at the moment.
ReplyDeleteWhat we are seeing on the television at the moment is heart-breaking and devastating, and the ‘idiot box’ is not such an idiot, drawing us into the ‘destructive power unleashed’.
ReplyDeleteIdiot box is a good name for it. Newsreels of the idiocy of humans!
ReplyDeleteGratitude for shedding light on this topic with such clarity and depth.
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