Dirt

Dan Williams

Even measured in acres

seeming like valuable real estate, it is in fact only dirt

can be tilled and graded and seeded and fertilized

made to resemble rich turf, a valuable plot

but remains dirt

almost as a glass apple only appears to be

though no skin to peel to reveal sweet flesh

is at least visual while dirt

must be cleaned off of almost everything

revealed in sad archeology

so the insult I hurl; you are dirt

  • Author: Dan Williams (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 10th, 2024 01:23
  • Comment from author about the poem: Obviously directed at an old nemesis who done me seriously wrong.
  • Category: Letter
  • Views: 37
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  • Neville



    Ouch' .. I trust you have a good aim sir .. an intriguing poem which gives rise to one immediate question .. are muck and dirt the same .. and did you get him presuming it is, or was a he .. Okay, I know that's two questions but who's counting .. Neville

  • Doggerel Dave

    Sorry, but it does not remain dirt, it is as in the lines above that and probably what is in part keeping you unfulfilled and in this instance angry.

  • sorenbarrett

    An intriguing point that leads one down the dirt road to the dirt fill. I know it is meant as an insult so I won’t pursue the positive side. Great poem.

  • 2781

    It's true of all of us, we all return to dirt.



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