Weekly Scribblings wherein we're to consider the new words of 2020. Heaven help us they are all words we wish never to hear again! My poem is at once pithy and hopeful.....my theoretical moonshot for escape! Submitted to Poets & Storytellers United December 2, 2020
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I used to live in Smilealot
It was a carefree town
Now I live in Anthropause
and blursdays tend to get me down
Doomscrolling makes me morbid
There seems no good news to find
The plethora of infodemics
Endangers my soundness of mind
I refuse to let the messages
Of death, despair and rumor
Lead me to drinking Kool-aid
And losing my good humor
I’m checking out of cyberspace
No computer, no iPad, no phone
Just come knocking at my door
When the bird of madness has flown.
Givin' you the bird, not for real!!! Each stanza is a tour de force, the first one is absolutely my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI know for my mental health I just had to put down the phone and spend a few minutes looking at any place else.
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you when it comes to infodemic and doomscrolling and the rest. If we are to survive the madness, we must keep our good humor.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the rhythm.
You are not alone in your feeling or thinking through this present day madness
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"Smilealot" sounds like a great place to be! The "bird of madness" can't fly off too soon for me. I guess it's several different birds in the US, different madness.
ReplyDeleteSadly the rules change to try the curb the disobedient few.
ReplyDeleteApt and pithy, and very clever.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that the mask haters don't believe in the Golden Rule either. I would have liked to have lived in "Smilealot", Smiley was one of my nicknames in school. I still smile.
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way to go! Multiple usages; very impressive!
ReplyDeletegrrrrreat
ReplyDeleteThat would be one way to have a bit of peace of mind - chuck all electronics!
ReplyDelete“When the bird of madness has flown “ - that is priceless, Bev, S us this whole clever poem!
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