A maze of headlines; Interrupting my mood- It was peaceful until- Until the bombs came crashing through - and the starlet ran over an innocent driver- Another terror plot foiled before my eyes- Where does it stop? Or does it, I cry! Is this what the world will be like for the next generation too? Even my horoscope told me to duck- Duck and dodge the proverbial shit being slung back and forth between the candidates of Two… Thousand and Eight- and for just one second, I had my own thought- and I damn well liked how it felt- but then… just as fast as it came, it was gone again- Replaced by the nasty weather report, that nobody believes until they see it for themselves anyway- Where is the sanity of the season? I’ve lived long enough to know that I’d rather be horse whipped than live through another election year- It’s Halloween personified- a real nightmare come true - A time when the fangs appear- and the blood spills on every porch- And you begin to question your neighbor’s political intentions- Why the red car? Why is the house blue? Really now?Are all those headlines something I really need to know? Minute by minute account of howhigh my fuel bill is gonna’ go? Can’t I just be surprised, when I get it in the mail?Or does the media get some kind of weird enjoyment out of watching me turn pale? Somebody tell me please, Where does it all end? This maze of headlines and interruptions- Chasing my own lost thoughts- Cramping from the overload- Tax rate hikes; Power surges and troop counts too- Somebody call 9-1-1, this world is in deep doo-doo
you know this is the way of this world
and the problem for me is you can no longer say is it getting better or worse.....bad the doings of this world we live in
truly
we may have our good moments
but their is always some who are enslaved, mistreated, killed,raped
their are always groups that are starving,forgotten,ignored
always those who thought/think superior
middle passage i could go on and on and on
"Somebody Call 9-1-1 really lays it on the line what this world has become. It is truly a nightmare scene out of some dramatic play featuring chaos. You've captured it well in your poem.
a sad state of affairs we live in ... the future is ominous yet hopefully the peaceful soul of mankind will overcome it conflicts ... powerfully rendered, Lisa ...
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on February 3, 2007
Well said. My sentiments exactly.
Where does it stop?
Elizabeth
Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*® (Reader)
Reviewed on February 3, 2007
You are right, Lisa, when you say "this world is in deep doo-doo". The only way out is for each individual to get a shovel and begin working to clean up the mess we've made.
I heard a person just the other day make the following statement; "what is this world coming to!" Without thinking my thoughts spilled from my lips and I was given some peculiar looks when I stated; "To an end!" Powerful write my friend enjoyed this much, you've nailed many topics that are pressing down on many today. Great write!
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
WOW! First time here and you blew me away with this poem. Powerful? You bet! One thing you did not touch on "specifically," and that's what to do with that "white" house and people in that dang kitchen place called "cabinet." Need I say more than this was "really" a whirlwind trip and my mind kept racing through this entire masterpiece.
Thanks so much,
George
Reviewed by Ron (sketchman) Axelson (Reader)
Reviewed on February 2, 2007
For a fact it is Lisa.
Powerful write and to
the point.
deep doo doo, indeed, Lisa, God help us all!!!!!!!!! Man will never learn, will they? Even so, come Q U I C K L Y, Lord Jesus...and turn off the TV!!!!!! The baby sitter with 52 inch eyes is poisoning us into slow suicide................and taking our innocence along with it.
A P O W E R F U L, powerful write, excellently penned: one feels the terror, the hopelessness, the cutting off of vital signs-------flatline spot ON!!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Reviewed by Robert Harrison (Reader)
Reviewed on February 1, 2007
I share your concern Lisa, for we do appear to have gotten ourselves into a mess. But when you look back at history, it is only the past repeating itself, and we still have not learned. The question is will it ever? Yes it will, someday all will be healed.
Lets all pan together and NO One show up at the polls, and then when they plaster that all over the media we can retaliate!
The media intercedes with the works of governmental psychology, keeping us preoccupied, so they think, in order for us to focus on stupid "stuff" instead of the real "stuff", then we get so sick and tired of listening, we turn it off, disinterested, while greed and power run it course... and in the end, the ones running the show, are the ones who had enough money to pay of the reporters...
My take on things...
Thought-provoking write!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
{oo poo happens..and happens, esp. before elections. By the time it's all over we'll want to assinate all the candidates and the media! Great rant Lisa, and very true.
NS, Lisa, and the media is turning it all into a big three-ring circus while we are all held captive by a bunch of insane clowns and the tigers sit perched ready to pounce down on us. What ever happened to living one day at a time? Geez I am already so upset about what might happen in 2000 years when global warming turns our world into a desert, or will it cause great floods and storms as all the vegetation releases its steam and forms billowing clouds? Exactly when was it when speculation started being regarded as facts that we just couldn't be allowed to live without?...and elections...the parties are as bad as Wal-mart with their "getting a jump on the season." I have had enough!! The media can sing their songs to someone else, I have stopped watching television and I don't even listen to my radio in my car anymore. Great poem, Lisa!!
Take care,
Sherry
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and the problem for me is you can no longer say is it getting better or worse.....bad the doings of this world we live in
truly
we may have our good moments
but their is always some who are enslaved, mistreated, killed,raped
their are always groups that are starving,forgotten,ignored
always those who thought/think superior
middle passage i could go on and on and on
Where does it stop?
Elizabeth
Love & Light always and in all ways,
Joseph*
Love & Peace
William
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
Love Tinka
Thanks so much,
George
Powerful write and to
the point.
Fee
A P O W E R F U L, powerful write, excellently penned: one feels the terror, the hopelessness, the cutting off of vital signs-------flatline spot ON!!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
The media intercedes with the works of governmental psychology, keeping us preoccupied, so they think, in order for us to focus on stupid "stuff" instead of the real "stuff", then we get so sick and tired of listening, we turn it off, disinterested, while greed and power run it course... and in the end, the ones running the show, are the ones who had enough money to pay of the reporters...
My take on things...
Thought-provoking write!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
in deep doo-doo
And very sadly, I think the doo-doo gets much deeper by the day.
Take care,
Sherry