Into the storm we run again,
the proverbial flock of lemmings,
just one quantum step from the edge,
one second from hitting the water with a plop.
With the imprudence of children
we run ahead without a plan,
models of remote-controlled ignorance,
victims of oversight and custom
we are left to beat the odds.
Brazenly we face obvious disaster,
ignoring all transparent warnings.
We refrain from proper precautions,
ravelling things further with our discursive patterns.
Our common sense is tempered by arrogance
and we feel so sanguine about our ability
to weather anything that bars our way,
we callously dismiss the fact
that those storms were created by us.
September 6, 2016 at 7:40 pm
just one quantum step from the edge,
Our common sense is tempered by arrogance
my favorite lines, Brilliant and insightful I share a certain disillusionment with humanity
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September 6, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Thank you.
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September 7, 2016 at 11:19 am
Wow! It is amazing that you were able to plop “plop” into two quite different works! I’m am stunned at both poems and at the uninspired prompt thus plopped in on us by WP! Wow!!
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September 7, 2016 at 12:15 pm
Thank you so much. Well, good luck with the twinkle 🙂
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