social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Patties on fire
Patties on fire. Mother's days a liar. You want to tell me to burn down the house to expire, round the corner it might meet you, you never see it coming. Why are we running? You’re always halfway there. But never fear it has a familiar feel. You’ve met before. You'll smell it when it comes. Over and over till forevermore, I say forevermore because will I know when it’ll stop. That’s the thing, it never stops but it changes. Patties on fire, in this house we’re survivors but in the next, we could be dead. Rick and Morty taught me don’t play naughty because some other you are at the end of the story. Possibilities, possibilities endless, endless it's almost breathtaking. It has taken breath almost and certainly. At the same time? Yes. Right on time? Yes. Was it your particular time? No.
By Ruhani Khadijah5 years ago in Poets
