1. Steering Wheel
The grass is watered, the weeds are pulled,
the stomach is fed (the soul isn't fooled),
and the engine is warm but the movement is cold:
as the object is gripped, the thought loses hold.
2. Radio Dial
Silence is silver but gabble is gold
(the truth is priceless and rarely told),
and the spin is new but the news is old:
a show of interference, logic lost in the fold.
3. Intersection
The pavement is worn but the path is the same
(the signals are crossed, the signs unnamed),
and the eyes stare ahead like a rifle taking aim
in a moving picture with cracks in the frame.
4. Gridlock
The weeds are watered, the flowers are pulled
(distraction is sharpened, the dream is dulled),
and time is for sale but the moment is sold:
tires inside the lines. Shapes inside the mold.
8 thoughts on “Rhyme Of A Modern Morning In The Monday World”
I absolutely love this. It’s a very evocative portrait of an everyday morning. Your wonderful words uncover the hidden lyricism of this most ordinary day.
Creative humour, satire and other bad ideas by Ross Murray, an author living in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Is it truth or fiction? Only his hairdresser knows for sure.
I'm Michelle. This is my blog. I write about women and fatness, expound upon semi-coherent thoughts I have in the middle of the night, and offer tough love to those in whom I am disappointed; they are legion.
I absolutely love this. It’s a very evocative portrait of an everyday morning. Your wonderful words uncover the hidden lyricism of this most ordinary day.
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You have a very unique way of expressing thoughts and everyday chores of life. Keep writing
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loved it!
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Wow! Fantastic piece. Great imagery. Thank you for bringing the mundane of the daily alive in meter in rhyme.
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I like it, it’s creative and innovative. It also gives a humour to everyday activities that we usually find tedious. It’s really nice.
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Thank you.
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