when daily news
over weeks and months
reports events that far exceed
most people’s homespun nightmares
can we react as poets
and not be seen as cashing in on the sensation
like all the media have come to do without regret?
It may be wise not to give in
to the temptation to create *********** of violence
but try to just suggest the essence of catastrophe
a lonely high-heeled sandal on the roadside
one flip-flop much too small to fit adults
a tough man crying without shame
there are events for which we don’t have proper words
this does not mean we should keep silent
Jul 15, 2016
Jul 15, 2016 at 3:50 PM UTC
when daily news
over weeks and months
reports events that far exceed
most people’s homespun nightmares
can we react as poets
and not be seen as cashing in on the sensation
like all the media have come to do without regret?
It may be wise not to give in
to the temptation to create *********** of violence
but try to just suggest the essence of catastrophe
a lonely high-heeled sandal on the roadside
one flip-flop much too small to fit adults
a tough man crying without shame
there are events for which we don’t have proper words
this does not mean we should keep silent
