Poem -

Terms of Surrender

Terms of Surrender

When I began to skim through
the tragedies of the day
over my morning coffee
and high fiber corn flakes

When I conveniently commenced
to compartmentalize and relegate
the daily fire storms of humanity
to the spam folder of my soul

When I found myself fleeing
directly to the sports section
for all the scores
of meaningless competitions
performed by sweaty
millionaire gladiators
in tax payer funded stadiums

It was then

my heart ceased to beat

and capitulation

to the cynical apocalypse

was complete

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Larry Ran

Hi, Poetic Brother Steve,

The "high fiber" of your powerful words move me.Ā  I, like you, often eschew the maudlin headlines of the front page and delve directly to those of our sport heroes.Ā  The "millionaire gladiators who have no allegiance".Ā  They travel to the "greenest" pastures.Ā  Then it is time to close the paper, for beside the challenge of the Bridge column or Crossword Puzzle, the Apocalypse is imminent!

Peace and Love,

xox Larry

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