Dark Day Ditty
Heads or tails
masks or veils
active shooter
just a looter
thoughts & prayers
no one cares
firing range
climate change
tipping point
smoke a joint
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Heads or tails
masks or veils
active shooter
just a looter
thoughts & prayers
no one cares
firing range
climate change
tipping point
smoke a joint
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The form serves well to complicate/support the theme
A shifty ditty. Temporal and well done.
in the subversive tradition of nursery rhymes
Love the juxtaposition.
I love the nursery-rhyme-with-a-snarky tone quality of this. Brilliant!
The sense of despair, of giving up, comes through loud and clear.
No comment to smoke a joint.
Dark day ditty indeed
Reminds me of Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool.” Right on.
What a great compliment, Libby! Thank you.
Favorite is ‘thoughts and prayers no one cares.’ This was an excellent poem!