June 30, 2020

selfish jerks!

By Kat Myrman

I’m disappointed, furious…horrified by my country’s response to COVID-19! Our leaders act like it’s an inconvenience. That ignoring it will just make it go away. They refuse to take responsibility, to model behavior that will help slow the spread; they refuse to accept science and the recommendations of experts. Meanwhile the country’s numbers of new cases are rising, the rest of the world is shutting their doors to us. I don’t blame you. The US is a horrible place to live right now. UGH. UGH. UGH. Anyhow…just getting this off my chest. Poetry is therapy you know…. Hope you are staying safe and for goodness sake, wear a mask and keep your distance when you leave your house. SMH!!

selfish jerks!

your heartlessness is on display
when you refuse to wear a mask
your heartlessness is on display

‘cause nobody should need to ask
it should be common courtesy
when you refuse to wear a mask

claiming your right to liberty
it shows you’re just a selfish jerk
it should be common courtesy

yet you don’t care who you might hurt
you’ve death and sickness on your head
it shows you’re just a selfish jerk

it’s stupid, you could slow the spread
your heartlessness is on display
you’ve death and sickness on your head
your heartlessness is on display

~kat

Today’s poetry form is called a Terzanelle:

The Terzanelle is a poetry type which is a combination of the villanelle and the terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last stanza which appears in the quatrain. The rhyme and refrain scheme for the triplets is as follows: 

1. A
2. B
3. A

4. b
5. C
6. B

7. c
8. D
9. C

10. d
11. E
12. D

13. e
14. F
15. E

Ending Type 1:

16. f
17. A 
18. F
19. A

Ending Type 2:

16. f
17. F
18. A
19. A

Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.

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21 responses to “selfish jerks!”

  • pensitivity101
    June 30th, 2020 at 5:15 pm

    Good poem Kat, and I agree with you. It’s the same here and only going to get worse at the weekend. We are dreading it as holidaymakers will descend on us, throw caution to the wind, no social distancing, no masks, and have no respect for the residents. We shall be avoiding the main High Street and other people even more than ever.
    I just don’t understand them or their attitude. It’s not going to go away.
    Keep safe and well Kat.

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    • Kat Myrman
      June 30th, 2020 at 5:41 pm

      Please keep yourself safe as well Di. I have been to places where I am the only one masked and people walking by snicker and roll their eyes at me. It’s crazy!

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      • pensitivity101
        July 1st, 2020 at 1:52 am

        Us too, so we smile, even though they don’t see it, and think ‘daft sods’. We don’t care if people think we’re daft, we are trying to protect ourselves as best we can from idiots who can’t see the woods for the trees.

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  • Peter's pondering
    June 30th, 2020 at 5:24 pm

    Oh yes!

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  • willowdot21
    June 30th, 2020 at 5:48 pm

    I am with you all the way, we have stupid jerks over here to ,they think they are Invincible. Our Government has been useless too! We are having localised spikes too. The track record in the UK is, I think the worst in the world right now.
    Right back to the states can you believe these idiots 😡?

    Sending you calm thoughts and hugs be sensible be safe💜💜💜

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    • Kat Myrman
      June 30th, 2020 at 5:57 pm

      I’m pretty sure the States have you all beat! We’re in another surge with the Independence Day holiday coming this weekend. All the jerks will be out! I won’t! Staying close to home where it’s safe! You keep yourself healthy and safe!

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  • pranabaxom
    June 30th, 2020 at 6:08 pm

    will this frustration be enough to clean the swamp? oh wait, heard that a few years back.
    KISS.
    DT for Dump Trump.

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  • Sadje
    June 30th, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    Bravo. Well said

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  • rugby843
    June 30th, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    Of course I agree. Writing here is therapeutic anyone who is living here.

    Sent from my iPad

    >>

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  • Shruti Ohri
    July 2nd, 2020 at 2:32 am

    Times are getting crazy lately globally and I hope you’re staying safe!
    Poetry is honestly therapy, and THANKYOU so much for posting this here.
    I’m officially in love with this poetry style and I will be trying this out ASAP!!

    Absolutely loved your poetry and ended up learning something new as well! That’s why I love WordPress, thanks to talented people like you!

    Stay Safe Kat, we’re all in this together ❤

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    • Kat Myrman
      July 2nd, 2020 at 7:02 am

      Thank you so much! I love the poetry forms that have a refrain or a repeated line. I hope you and yours are safe and well. We are in this together. Thank goodness for WordPress. I love our global community here! ❤️

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  • Lorraine
    July 2nd, 2020 at 10:29 am

    Selfish jerks is right! I have been berated several times by strangers in my town for wearing a mask! Yes, wearing a mask!
    One day, I was adjusting my mask to enter a business (which is mandatory in my state), and a woman stopped her car across the street from me and yelled, “Take off that mask. Fresh air won’t kill you.” I yelled back, “Yes, but the corona virus can.” Then, being the grump I am, I added “Do you want me to come over and cough in your car!” At point she started driving again, allowing the traffic to flow.
    I read that in Texas, wearing a mask means you are anti-Trump. I am wearing three, then, and putting on a fourth of the fourth!
    Thanks for this. I need nudging to write anything, let alone some thing “creative” and “inspired” like you do.
    Stay safe. We need “jerk-proofing”!

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    • Kat Myrman
      July 2nd, 2020 at 2:12 pm

      Sheesh! People are so selfish! Keep staying safe Lorraine! My state is seeing a surge in rural areas due to people who brought it back from vacation. Stupid people! I hate that being respectful and staying safe has become a political statement. It shouldn’t be! It’s a GLOBAL pandemic for goodness sake! I’m glad you got to vent a little here. You’re not alone.

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