Word of the Day Challenge #44-Untitled Poem

Dance along the devil’s path

words

flip

detached

filled with no meaning

filled with no truth

a reality

built on sand stilts

crumbling before

angry voices

raised fists

tides rising

flooding

bending

eroding the foundation

that all stand upon.

Joker’s smile

twisted

broken

leering

stakes higher and higher

no one seems to care

no one seems able to fix

the problems

the disaster

that has become a part

of everyday life.

Capering clowns

tears drawn on cheeks

drawn

not shed

as bombs fall

bullets fly

children die

while villains

screech

dance a jig

proclaim

they are the targets

the innocents

while the world maligns

pummels

censure

their very worth.

Time is long

memories longer

keep plugging that dam

hoping all will be forgotten.

©July 21/19

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