Inhumanity
Life is not a dream.
Let there be a landscape of open eyes
and bitter wounds on fire.
I wake to news of violence in the world.
Again.
And once again religion takes center stage.
What animal would act out of malice?
Answer: none.
Besides man.
In the everyday world,
surreal
has nothing on us.
To sleep, only to wake to this, again?
The first two lines are taken from Frederico Garcia Lorca’s City That Does Not Sleep.
The prompt for NaPoWriMo.net Day 21 asks us to write a poem that incorporates wild, surreal images. I’m sorry, but that’s every day, in this world of ours.
Image source: dailymirror.lk (edited here)
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As you say, once again religion takes centre stage. Why is religious belief so divisive, to the point of inciting mass murder? We are deeply flawed as a species.
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And to susceptible to suggestion.
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We cling to any nonsense if someone with a big mouth (or a big stick) shouts loud enough. We’re terrified of something, not sure what.
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Agreed
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I found this prompt to be far too daunting, but you handled it well. Salute.
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Thanks, Ron.
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Yes, to all you said, Ken.
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Thank you, Merril.
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💜
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One wishes this could be surreal, the nightmare we are living. On prompt or not, a timely poem for this time, Ken.
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Thank you, Kat.
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The news is terrifying.
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😦
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So well written, Ken.
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Thank you.
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Welcome
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Very good, Ken, and very truthful too.
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Thank you, Robbie.
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It’s endless and the reality of the unreality of it is beyond surreal. You’ve distilled that feeling well. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe.
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Well, you read my last post, here we have another one to the now too long list unfortunately.
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I am none too fond of this side of human nature.
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For me this is a great take on the surreal…who could believe how it continues to grow.
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Yes.
Honestly.
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Well spoken, your words about this current dark reality. Seems to be a new nightmare every day. 😔
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Yeah.
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