Six-Word Stories 2020 – #94
Waiting in line for toilet paper!
ESSENTIAL OR IGNORANT (a blitz poem)
Hoarding toilet paper
Hoarding the essential
Essential is a relative term
Essential service
Essential good
Good die young
Good people still die
Die of loneliness
Die of ignorance
Ignorance with a megaphone
Ignorance in denial
Denial of the truth
Denial of facts
Facts based on evidence
Facts that can be verified
Verified by clinical studies
Verified by experts
Experts with experience
Experts with knowledge
Knowledge germain to the discussion
Knowledge is power
Power to influence
Power has sex appeal
Appeal to the base
Appeal to the unwashed masses
Masses cancelled in the vatican
Masses overwhelming hospitals
Hospitals providing curbside triage
Hospitals rationing their surgical masks
Masks to protect from airborne pathogens
Masks worn to masquerade balls
Balls of brass igniting presidential pants
Balls and bravado masquerading as brains
Brains of the operation
Brains are called sweet bread
Bread flew off the shelves
Bread and water
Water from springs
Water purified of pollutants
Pollutants that poison the air we breathe
Pollutants diminished when we stayed home
Home is where the hatred is according to Gil Scot-Heron
Home should be a sanctuary
Sanctuary from hatred
Sanctuary from the ignorant
Ignorant in bliss
Ignorant and contagious
Contagious like rumor spreading like a virus
Virus
Contagious
HAIKU 2020 #21
GOOD AND OPPORTUNITY (a blitz poem)
It is a black thang
It is all good
Good that die young
Good thing going
Going up yonder
Going up in smoke
smoke that smells of recreational weed
Smoke that never seems to clear
Clear the unfriendly skies
Clear your thoughts and mind
Mind over matter
Mind on my money
Money soaked in blood
Money makes the world go round
Round the horn of Africa
Round about midnight
Midnight hour
Midnight mass
Mass extinction
Mass incarcerated
Incarcerated means locked up
Incarcerated in penal colonies
Colonies of a motherless child land
Colonies subject to taxation
Taxation of goods
Taxation on services
Services provided
Services rendered
Rendered moot
Rendered unfit
Unfit parents
Unfit to stand trial
Trial and error
Trial of the century
Century after century of white supremacy
Century twenty-one and blacks are still redlined
Redlined and gentrified by square-block radius
Redlined by demarcated bike lanes
Lanes to stay in
Lanes for cash payments only
Only love can conquer hate Marvin said
Only love can conquer hate
Hate unfortunately can motivate
Hate crimes
Crimes against humanity
Crimes of passion and opportunity
Opportunity to change
Opportunity to change with the times
Times
Change
SIX-WORD STORIES 2020 #56
Someone passed gas and everyone moaned.
SPEAKING ACROSS SCHOOLS (a blitz poem)
Children being children
Children running wild in the schools
Schools are no places for children
Schools teach boundaries
Boundaries for mental gangbangers
Boundaries of segregated identities
Identities at odds for unnatural resources
Identities so diversely complex
Complex is an understatement
Complex is euphemistically speaking
Speaking in tongues caught by cats without hats
Speaking in the coded language of the invasive
Invasive species always seem to flourish
Invasive chokes off the native
Native land
Native people
People get ready
People hold on
On yo baby mama AND yo kids
On to your wildest dreams come true
True dat
True dat
Dat was redundant
Dat was not da point
Point they tried to make
Point of it all
All in love is fair
All in love is fair love is a crazy game
Game we love to hate
Game we play like children
Children being children
Children running wild in the streets
Streets are no places for children either
Streets mark limits
Limits of friendly gang territory
Limits of safe passage protection
Protection from the evil and wicked
Protection paid for with minimum wages
Wages of sin
Wages off the book
Book sales got burned by the PDF
Books should be free
Free to the people
Free speech can be costly
Costly for anyone within earshot
Costly for proponents of free speaking
Speaking in tongues in ebbs and flows
Speaking in coded language
Language
Flows
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