Writers Pantry #82 Sometimes you just contemplate life and wonder at the irony of it all. This was one of those times...a quirky mood, a quirky poem. Submitted to Poets & Storytellers United, August 8, 2021
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IRONY
On the dark backstreets of the inner city, where home is a cardboard box and hope is a forgotten memory, stories are traded by the citizens of the night, fueled by alcohol and drugs with a mantra of betrayal and rejection, if onlys and I wish I hads.
A block away the privileged have the valet park their Cadillac and the concierge take their luggage to their room in the luxury hotel. Time to celebrate.
Somewhere in the burbs, a guy pops a Blatz and settles in his worn recliner to watch the Saturday night ball game.
Life in the city.............
How easily we miss the experience of our fellow humans when we are too wrapped up in our own world.
ReplyDeleteI can hear this recited as the intro to a tv show or film …. Wonderful write, Bev! Yes the boots are still around.
ReplyDeleteI think the quirkiness might've gotten a tad serious. It's hard to see the social disparities and not feel for the have-nots (not when the whole thing is happening right in front of our eyes).
ReplyDeleteLife in the city, indeed...
Hmmm, it seems little has changed over the generations.
ReplyDeleteThat, this and everything in between. It helps me to know the rich don't have a monopoly on happiness and are often not.
ReplyDeleteLife in the city, especially for those of us who grew up on a farm, is a charmed place full of opportunity. Too bad some can't hack it because of this or that, generally a pretty serious problem.
ReplyDeleteBTW in Texas if we have a handicap flag or tag the gas station operator/clerk has to fill our car if we ask. I never have asked.
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Oh, yes story of the Haves and the Have Nots still trends. A city life well depicted!
ReplyDeleteyour poem tells the grim truth of the city.
ReplyDeletein most major cities there are homeless people. I read in a recent report that the homeless in Tokyo were chased off the streets just before the Olympics.
Sadly they did the same thing here before the NBA (National Basketball Association) championship finals.
DeleteLot of homeless people sleeping in their cars because of housing shortage in Sydney
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