I Saw the News Today, Oh Boy
We watch and listen-- crisis to calamity,
calamity to catastrophe, catastrophe
back to crisis-- our bodies sedentary
but our bloodstreams leaping and agitated.
We are infused with fear and dread
of the world we won't engage
except through flat screens and remotes,
flat screens and qwerty keyboards,
flat screens and touchable icons
until exhaustion or appetites
pull us away to other furnishings
and accessories of our rooms
in amped-up and twitching paralysis.
calamity to catastrophe, catastrophe
back to crisis-- our bodies sedentary
but our bloodstreams leaping and agitated.
We are infused with fear and dread
of the world we won't engage
except through flat screens and remotes,
flat screens and qwerty keyboards,
flat screens and touchable icons
until exhaustion or appetites
pull us away to other furnishings
and accessories of our rooms
in amped-up and twitching paralysis.
Sounds about right. Nice capture of the zeitgeist.
Yep. That's me in a nutshell.*
Thank you, Gary. *
Perfect truth -
"We are infused with fear and dread
of the world we won't engage
except through flat screens and remotes"
Good, good piece, Gary.
Engaging with the world. How can we? A conversation with an activist friend this week brought no answers either.
You nailed it, Gary. We must remember to breathe. *
Especially true today, the day after somebody shot down an unarmed airplane stuffed with corpses to be. *
Thank you, everyone, for the generous responses.
*, Gary. I like this a whole lot. "A Day In The Life" of ... ? Us all.
Thanks, David.
Nailed it.*
Thanks, Gary.
ugh, yep. this pretty much sums it up. Like this, Gary.
"our bodies sedentary
but our bloodstreams leaping and agitated."
Thank you, Jules.
Good way of saying it. *
Thank you, Beate.
Looking forward to a different phase!*
Thanks, Tim. Aren't we all.