resigned about the nuclear event
they bought themselves the latest tent
and set it up to face the world
to share its fate as fate unfurled.
Newly minted as husband and wife
their dying would be a gesture for life
and a tent was as good a place as any
from which to watch the death of many.
elPintor
Thu 2nd Feb 2017 21:54
I believe Stu hit the nail on the head, Ray...the absurdity of watching it all fall apart while remaining unscathed.
elP
brilliant ray. every now and then you hit the heady heights of absurdism mixed with political commentary and macabre humour and here it is all done in so few lines.
I'm glad I read the poem before the comments. ??
It's a great piece, I think. Really rolls off the tongue, and hits a high note in a dark time. Beautifully concise.
Ray, I like this piece, and after reading Colin's comment, I can't stop chuckling. Given the couple were newly weds, I wonder if the earth moved for them?......just a thought....?
Please tell us more, I'm curious as to where this original idea came from.
Paul
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Wed 1st Feb 2017 23:21
What an odd little poem Ray. I have a vision of the husband shagging his wife doggy style whilst they are both peaking out of the tent watching this nuclear event happening before them - the fallout and shockwaves heading in their direction. Should make for an interesting climax.
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raypool
Fri 3rd Feb 2017 19:25
Thank you all for your varied and interesting comments; forgive me for not individualising this time, I am just so cream crackered, but I will say that I try to sluice all the worry and serious matters away with a bit of light banter occasionally, and maybe that appeals; absurdity is quite a good antedote . So thanks so much , really appreciate as always your kind views. David, you make me laugh, and that's a bonus.
Ray