global winter

global winter

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hereinbelow lies
a metaphor for
world economies
gone very bad
---barbsdad
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execrable
winter comes
sour
cloaked white
gray, grim

I shout no!
hear back
an echoed "Yes!"

bully's victim,
I suffer soon
till
spring sends
relief---

but even then
perhaps not

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leonard daranjo

17 years 6 months ago

Wonderful metaphor

Hi Chuck, The first stanza is a knock out. Leonard

barbsdad2003

17 years 6 months ago

Thanx

I dithered over how to make clear the metaphor. Winter's fast approaching hereabouts, and the sensible take, at least for most, I think, would be to assess the piece as unmetaphorically literal. Finally settled on the opening italicized explanation. Gained concurrence from my wife that that'd work. I'm so glad you like it. And I'm surprised about the five. An early Christmas present, I assume. Yours, Chuck

weirdelf

17 years 6 months ago

Is that a metaphor?

Seems more like a very palpable, no cogent, no believable... aw fuck! can't find the word! prediction. What I find difficult to believe is that highly intelligent people, even friends on this site, are in so much denial that they think the weird weather is just cyclical, no real global warming happening. I understand the oil companies and their paid scientists lieing about it, and people whose countries have brainwashed them into thinking oil equals freedom whatever it costs... oh, I see. Why can't they? cheers, Jess

barbsdad2003

17 years 6 months ago

I had in mind ...

the current credit catastrophes and expectant world fallout. Like a nuclear blast, the horrifically radioactive effects will last and last and last. And like the moon, will circle Earth endlessly. But this piece can apply to many things that materially pollute modern society, whether physically, psychologically, behaviorally ... It seems that human nature must change to accommodate Nature and her many faces. I have little faith that human nature can/will morph into the required something that's no longer identifiable as ... human nature. Thanx, Chuck

deelilah

17 years 6 months ago

Snow

Snow in Seattle is deadly; snow in Spokane is pretty much as you've described; snow in Bozeman is usually pristine and cleansing; but in the spring the credit situation will probably lead to a bankrupt world. D.