In response to Real Poetic's Year 2033 -1st poem challenge of the year!
2033
There is nothing new to see.
Repeat our sordid history-
Parrot.
Our never agains,
That never becames-
Like ventriloquist dummies.
On a pedal loop.
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Children still reared on,
Cupcakes or Kalashnikovs
Depending on the fates.
The place.
Destined to death
Or resplendence.
Decadence or destitution.
Blood defines a destiny.
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The land we charred fighting back
Doubling down flames-
With the venom
Of the betrayed.
Lashing out in white hot
Licking fury.
A phoenix from
the ashes of despair.
We amassed.
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Ice cold heart-melting
Into a tsunami of grief,
For the guardian it should have had
But lost. Somewhere -
Between the search bar and the
Steam train.
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The fake news. And the diatribes.
We never even tried.
This beast we unleashed.
With a nonchalant,
Swipe left-
of the hand.
Stirred-
By relentless abuse.
Finally fighting back.
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Time was an ally
Nevermore.
Long before 2024.
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Scrawler's scribbles
Yeah. Tried to be lighter but the faries just didn't want to play. Sorry! *Update. I just realised that title probably came from an anthology I taught for A level lang lit about 10 years ago called, 'Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs: 100 Years of the Best Journalism by Women'. It didn't register at all until I had a horible moment of ... 'shit' It must have been somewhere hanging out in my subconcious or whatever.
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