Not Poetry. Quatrain Verse in English & Swedish. Dagsverser. On the Mundane & the Arcane.
Earth’s oceans asphyxiated
planet terminally polluted
wearing out dilapidated
Human Race for poor Earth ill-suited
Wars rage without ceasefires
Farmland parched from drought
ever raging wildfires
gaining heightened clout
Bridges fall, deep potholes
oceans continue to rise
ice melts from heating poles
still doesn’t seem to make us wise?
But hey, can’t you see we’re busy
by high-tech haplessly dizzy!
Tros Gud välvilligt rår
(såvitt Gud förmår)
mens mänskan ej förstår
så oftast försmår
Varför fundera, ängslas
om, eller ej, Världen består
när kan låta oss fängslas
av dagens kaffe med påtår?
Om bjudes därtill kanelbulle
lever vi i stunden full rulle!
Political meltdown
Neo-fascist coup
by brashest clown
and well armed crew
In celeb adulation
incessantly we prate
rarely now conversation
but clichés hurled in hate
Occurs not by chance inequality
but by wilful sinister polity
Watch our contrived smiles beaming
flooding the feigned community
see our well-brushed teeth gleaming
All relished with impunity
With entitled importunity
we’re elbowing in fake freedom
for abundant opportunity
like found in erstwhile Yankeedom
But Life’s Essence has since been wrung
what we stand for a song unsung
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Yankeedom = Encompassing the entire Northeast north of New York City and spreading through Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota