Not Creative
by Bud Smith
when a house explodes
you can walk for miles
finding the debris
each wildfire is named
for the place where it is fought
I heard about one
yesterday on the radio
fire fighters so exhausted
and so worn out
they just named this one
'Not Creative'
here, look at this
here's a hunk of silver shiny
I believe this was either
a kitchen sink
or the guts of a toilet
here look at this
it was either a poem
or instructions to
construct a bomb
here look at this
it's 7 billion people
not sure who is wrong
when the dispatcher
was reached via walkie talkie
the dispatcher said
'Water is on the way'.
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Good title for the poem, but not about the poem. *
Very creative.
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Perfectly disjointed as we all are these days.
"Water is on the way."
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(Consider switching the first two stanzas.)
here look at this
it was either a poem
or instructions to
construct a bomb
Yeah. The Bomb.
Admirable work. So culturally relevant with all the fires going on nationally. It's refreshing to see this kind of writing--writing free from self promotion where the intent is to serve greater awareness.
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Enjoyed the read, Bud. *
Quirky, disjointed, and relevant, too.Great title.*
Man! Real life beautifully wrought into real art. Tremendous work.
Yes to this. Liked it very much.