Well, No Wonder Then

Dan Williams

It is curious how, like our housepets, like sheep and lemmings,

we can be counted on to behave.

Blindly steer a course known for frequency of shipwreck

even when nobody ever seems to get saved.

We should be furious, instead, ignore from where this is hailing.

We are all too unfamiliar with the slowly boiled frog

whose fate has been cinched long before his peril is detected,

all avenue of escape is by then encircled in soupy fog.

Run your knives along the edge between the contents and the bowl

when upended, congealed soup spills out in one piece on the table.

Bare traces of the frog remain even with the spill so cold,

Frog could have escaped but was mentally unable.

Pacified by whatever you see on so many screens,

passing on details while misleading about the source.

If this is that, and that is so, then it must be what it seems;

Well, no wonder then, that must be it, of course

Unless this machine’s tolerances change dramatically very soon

or some savior sent to rebuke us amazingly appears,

we probably end up whimpering, weakly protectively cocooned;

only escape is all of us together addressing our fears.

Always question authority, do not automatically respect.

Remembering our heritage, stand and have your say.

Even well dressed tyranny is not that hard to detect,

exercise what few liberties still linger along the way.

  • Author: Dan Williams (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 23rd, 2024 00:27
  • Comment from author about the poem: Just another reflection for lack of another better classification. How about Perceived Reality?
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Goldfinch60

    Good words Dan, maybe one day somebody may listen to the world and not just themselves.

    Andy

    • Dan Williams

      Maybe, but don't hold your breath. Thanks though.

    • sorenbarrett

      Well said Dan the human race is a paradox arrogantly putting ourselves above every other life source thinking that we are wiser than nature itself and then killing ourselves off with war, pollution, devestation of the enviornment, overpopulation, lazieness and believing all the lies we tell ourselves.

    • Tony36

      Excellent write Dan

      • Dan Williams

        And I thank you whole heartedly.

        • Tony36

          You're welcome

        • Jerry Reynolds

          Well said Dan.

          • Dan Williams

            Sad but true enough, I couldn't make this stuff up. Thanks.

          • Thomas W Case

            Powerful and poignant.

            • Dan Williams

              It's the sad truth of it that makes it that way. Thank you.

            • Thad Wilk

              Great!! 👏
              love this poem! 👍
              Awesome rhyme scheme,
              and captivating throughout!
              Much enjoyed my friend!
              Best regards ✌️. Thad

              • Dan Williams

                And thank you for your kind words and appreciation.



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