For Health’s Sake, We Buckle
I have been wanting discussion
With somebody
Anybody.
But we have been muzzled
by the system
Of containment, confinement
Better leave alone agendas.
For so long we hurried back home.
Shop a little
Talk only when essential.
Wear the damn masks.
Hide feelings, involvement, smiles.
Whole afternoons wasted at game shows
Solitaire cards.
Solitaire everything.
Until a sort of perverse delight
Sets in for ignoring the Race.
Human Race.
And planting oneself in the dark and quiet.
And monotonous and too familiar.
Really all that I want now
Is a talk, and a laugh
And involvement
And a story.
Like we used to.
Memories re-visited.
Remember?
But the eyes shift
And the backs turn.
And nobody dares
To call it rude.
Radio personalities push
For more of the same.
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Written on August 03, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on August 03, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on August 03, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 799 |
Words | 188 |
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