Famous Scenes Of Sadness (01/02/12)
The morning comes
The birds wake
Singing news
The world’s survived
Coffee, paper,
Mothers on television,
Screaming over brothers
Sons, husbands
Hysterical shawled heads
Like horses,
Open mouthed
Consuming grief
The backdrop
Some Guernica scene
Of gored limbs,
Shattered houses
One more morning awake
Some tragic blunder,
A bombed wedding,
Routine madness.
The birds wake
Singing news
The world’s survived
Coffee, paper,
Mothers on television,
Screaming over brothers
Sons, husbands
Hysterical shawled heads
Like horses,
Open mouthed
Consuming grief
The backdrop
Some Guernica scene
Of gored limbs,
Shattered houses
One more morning awake
Some tragic blunder,
A bombed wedding,
Routine madness.
Andy N
Sun 5th Feb 2012 13:43
like the last line 'Routine Madness' in particular when it's clear to me the poem is not.. good stuff, matey..