Not funny .
I took a walk outside , crossed a crowd looking at a fallen man .
Asked what happened to a back-row bystander .
The man was fallen by contagious disease , look news camera's and all . Was his answer .
Well that's not funny i said , and moved on .
Some days later i met that bystander again , at a check out counter , wearing a mask .
Asked him why ? He told me i should do to , for old and weaker people .
Well that's not funny i said , and moved on .
Two days ago i met this person again , standing in a line to get vacinated .
He saw me , pointed at me to others , screaming , he is killing us .
Well that's not funny i said , and moved on .
Today there was a loud knock on my door , so i opened it .
there where a crowd , and the man holding a rope in his hands .
Well that's not funny , i said .
;-)
Wow! This kinda knocked me for a six - - that's quite powerful! Are you saying this is an entry as a comment?
Well it's to short for a post i thought , and it did come up writing the comment . Saw some of the poems and thought , com on people , why put so mush personal emotion in it , it blurs the setting that the poem was made to express . Wipe your eyes from tears before you try . So in that light , Not funny , fit's me as a comment ;-) .
Then again , i wrote it , but i was inspired by a master that i just before i wrote it had listened to .
Did i copy ? i don't know for sure , I found this sword but i am blindfolded chopping in the dark . Like a monkey that was given a typewriter . Law , a poem from Bukowski was my base , ill put it up for comparing .
Can it enter the challenge true a comment ? Would not mind that , for i have no artworks to make it in a post right now , and have no others to tag .
And i might say i am a bit shy when it comes to challenges on Hive .
Do as you please , for poems are written to share :-)
Of course, I'll share! Bukowski was a master.
I guess there's different poetry for different folks. I do prefer the more subtley done, and less 'emotional' - yet they should still hit you in some way.
There's so many poems I adore, but for some reason, this one always stuck with me. It taught me there is poetry even in the seemingly mundane.