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t. reflexion
t. reflexion
May 24, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

FUEL CRISES

FUEL CRISES Long queuesA very long waitOnly one pump was sellingGallons, jerry cans, containersAnd even drums took overFrom the vehiclesBarred from coming inThe station was closedDesperate buyers bawledMarketers, tanker driversWere on strike againFuel went scarceFear of deregulationPrompted Panic buyingPump price remained the sameBut the productHoarded by hawkersToppled three times higherSpiral sales shot up pricesOf goods and servicesCost of food, transportationWater and sometimes airHard to buyThe poor sufferedMisery everywhereLooters and saboteurs went home happyThe nation grinded to a standstillThe gods…They had no hand in these things




 
— t. reflexion, May 24, 2010

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Country/Region: NGA

Favorite Poets: Inspired by an article in an old manuscript , It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics

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weirdelf

weirdelf

16 years ago

The last 2 lines make the poem

The rest is just description, harsh, real, but perhaps not much more than journalism, Trex, you know I admire and respect your work and your passion, but where is the poetry? Cheers, Jess, Reprehensibly irrepressible, "the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind." [Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged]
t. reflexion

t. reflexion

16 years ago

Oh! I lost out...

in an attempt to try new forms, I wrote out a piece that is not really poetry. I will keep on trying until I get it right. In any any case, I appreciate your comments, suggestions and above all for being there for me. Thanks and best wishes. T.