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day 136

trickle down autocracy

to make America great again
deals are sealed with sharpie pens
exploiting fabricated mandates
to fuel the desperate masses’ hate
as promised cruelty is delivered
at breakneck speed to make us shiver
destroying the hope of immigrants
and quashing voices of dissent
they laud the vilest of the vile
forcing birth, ignoring the child
rights are for sale if you have cash
“great” depends on who you ask
die hards tow the maga line
you know it’s just a matter of time
before the carnage hits their door
and shows them what they voted for

~kat

It’s distressing to know that people close to me voted for this madness. When I ask what they think about all that is happening, they tell me they just don’t watch the news anymore. It’s like a blow to my heart by a drive by voter who never looks back to see the destruction left in the wake of their patriotic malfeasance. Before the election. They didn’t want to hear my concerns…and after, well it’s time to move on. They won they think. They don’t realize we all lost something precious that cold day in November…

I can’t leave you on this note of gloom. You and I both need a glimmer or two, so, here you go… mourning doves mourning the empty feeders, fighting with the squirrels over the last morsels, and our resident rodent being quite dramatic, especially when he noticed me peering out the window…rest assured the feeders were replenished to the brim after this performance!


Day 10…Delayed

when hope is just a glimmer 

there will sometimes be days
just like this one has been
a long twenty four hours
that drags on without end
a bleak, languishing dirge
I assure you my friend
it won’t last, it just won’t
because dusk’s round the bend
and the night, and sweet dreams
you can hang on ‘til then
just remember to breathe
a deep breath slowly in
then sit for a moment
while remembering when
you have been here before
find your center of zen
exhale all your troubles
repeat, do it again
until you feel peace
and calm settling in
please don’t fret, you’ll be fine
it’s a lot to take in
when the world’s spinning wild
no beginning or end

there will sometimes be days
just like this one has been
it won’t last, it just won’t
I assure you my friend

peace and glimmers to you…

~kat

NaPoWriMo 2024 – Day 10 – time to unplug

time to unplug

no need to rise from bed today
it’s safer here, i think i’ll stay
and should i drift back off to sleep
obligations can wait, they’ll keep

they’re not as urgent as you think
sweet dreams await, i’m on the brink
rest is required, don’t you know
whence inspiration freely flows

as you can see it’s optimal
to let me snooze, it’s possible
and you should try it for yourself
sleep’s good for the soul, for your health

so have a day, good, bad, don’t care
i’ll see you where or when, i swear
but now I’ve better things to do
i’m off to dream, no thoughts of you

~kat…zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ

NaPoWriMo 2024 -Day 10 Challenge: write a poem based on one of the curious headlines, cartoons, and other journalistic tidbits featured at Yesterday’s Print, where old new stays amusing, curious, and sometimes downright confusing.

Inspiration for today’s poem from Yesterday’s Print

Poetry Form:

Rhyming couplets. Formal verse rhymes; the sequence of rhymes is called the rhyme scheme. AA BB is specifically four lines, the first two rhyming and the second two rhyming. And so on – a poem of whatever length which repeats this pattern AA BB CC DD . . . uses couplet rhymes.