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Saturday, December 31, 2016

.switch

starving children
. . .
switching channels


First published in Frogpond

7 Comments:

Blogger Adelaide said...

Some images are too hard to look at.

wishing you the best for 2017

Adelaide

6:25 PM  
Blogger Warren said...

Isn't that a first impulse and human nature, at least for some of us - good one, Bill.

Warren

6:40 AM  
Blogger Gwil W said...


switching news

channels

hunger for truth

6:52 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Yes, they are, Adelaide. Unfortunately, they are sometimes the ones we should look at and think about. All the best to you.

Thanks, Warren. Yes, I think we can all recognize the impulse. I think that's why I wrote the poem.

Thanks, Gwil. Does truth get the ratings?

11:54 AM  
Blogger Danièle Duteil said...

The images send us a lot of guilt. We all dream of a perfect world, but stay powerless.

2:49 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, Daniele. The question, of course, is how complicit are we in our own powerlessness.

12:14 PM  
Blogger Crafty Green Poet said...

too true

4:31 AM  

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