Familiarity replaced:
Strange space . . . takes confidence under
Normal circumstances, but this
Seemingly benevolent change
Impresses consideration
Of meaning’s definition, like
Eye-spells clue to one’s root, or state.
Fate, or waking dream—déjà vu
A bewildering clarity
Before mind sorts to past events.
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Akin to entry at the neighborhood tavern—
I imagine—my weekly visits at WordPress
Like reading magazines in the 80s
One for each interest, essentially
Decade of excess, I hear, but my
Experience—valued basics
Now faded to past, like journals of
Paper valued for their content
Handwriting, once a marker, replaced by
Man’s latest development.
A poem about the necessity, and pleasures, of information exchange within our communities and about our interactions with the world in which we live.
Not Just Hot—Dangerous
Burdensome heat stifles like damp heating blankets
natural defenses smothered; oily sweat glossed over
barriers diminished; worldly infection vigilant
prepared to fill voids energy deficient
heat so hot forget it, stay out of traffic
there it’s hot, like fire: make a mistake, regret
vitality sapped mentality snapped, just like that
underestimated, deadly and dangerous, all mussiness:
countless places and positions to be found, caught up
—infinity, filled neverendingly—
affected by conditions over which exists
little to no control of the elements
best to do, get cool; don’t underestimate
nature’s power to invigorate behavioral
components born of all the wrong emotions
normally reserved for nothingness.
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #240
Featured image public domain via Pixabay.
*Thousands of humans and livestock worldwide have succumbed to heat wave 2022. While processing this devastating reality, it’s important to also beware the dangers that exist beside this ultimate price—loss of life—of heat stress affectation. Less-often detailed in media and likely to not be considered in such moments if unaware, it is known that rising heat induces stress and that daily interactions can easily spiral out of control when under this kind of added stress.
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