Sunday, August 19, 2012

Magpie Tales 131: Bridging Reality






Under Windsor Bridge, 1912, by Adolphe Valette 
Shared by Tess Kincaid



delusion 


soot-coated dialogue, 
that invective political 
discourse providing 
fashionable moral certitude
for every open mind, 

is so fulfilling.  I am 
ashamed. 

ashamed of my willing 
participation in lauding 
the cobalt sky I 
witnessed today, (and 
many days previous) 

for it must be an anomaly: 

Orwell would not have 
me believe otherwise. 


Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 




4 comments:

  1. I'm crazy about your opening:

    "soot-coated dialogue,
    that invective political
    discourse"

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  2. ... and Big Brother is watching you!!

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  3. Love the Orwell reference...soot coated dialogue...nice write, Rick...

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  4. Fashionable moral certitude...

    Tightly written !

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