as the nukes come flying in.
Did you borrow my sweater? The neck is fucked up.
How long are you going to hog the computer?
Are you even listening to me?
I wonder if our shadows will be burned into the concrete?
There goes my to-do list.
Whoa! What was
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a flash 55 for Kerry.
Love the title--we need an English word for that concept. Here you reveal the intrinsic triviality of so much of our lives and make it seem, as it always is in the moment, the real content, what matters even when it doesn't seem to, the child's perpetual ' but why?' Or so I read--G-Man would have loved this one.
ReplyDeleteAnother topic I never would have thought would be written about in a poem in a present way and even with a bit of humor... but you did it.
ReplyDelete(I hope you're okay, since you've been gone for almost a week...)
Very creative use of that word! Filled with worries when we may not be here any more!
ReplyDeleteYes! That describes a pochemuchka, and it is an enjoyable poem.
ReplyDeleteI've often wondered about that.... Scones and champagne I think
ReplyDeleteHaha! What the
ReplyDeleteHa--so very clever. Use the computer all you want! Take care, k.
ReplyDeleteThe shadows burned.. just listened to an author interview , partly about Nagasaki... apparently you could only see the shadows left on rocks where people had burnt.. I so wonder what we think is most important on the edge of disaster.
ReplyDeleteyou are so clever.
ReplyDeleteHow clever.
ReplyDeleteThis would be me, for sure.
:)
ReplyDeleteAnd also :(
ReplyDeleteOmg, only you could think up so perfect!
ReplyDeletePhew! Imagine if our shadows were burned into the concrete at our worst... This poem reads like a wake-up call.
ReplyDeleteMade me laugh!
ReplyDeleteFunny and sad at the same time. Quite brilliant really
ReplyDelete"Shyness is nice, but shyne... shit! what was..." Great! - la la mosk
ReplyDeleteI like that ending.
ReplyDeleteThis is so clever!
ReplyDeletetis only a flesh wound ~
ReplyDelete...we are really quite silly, aren't we - with what we think is important?
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