Across the meadow
looks like Helianthus and the girls
are gathering again
for their morning walk
oh shit
the damned sky is on fire
again
I mean —
what the hell…
looks like that fuckin’ rewsky
is blowin’ things up again
ya’ know
his stupid war
certainly puts a damper on
a beautiful Kiev morning
*
rob kistner © 2022
Poetry at: The Sunday Muse
Flipping awesome.
🙂 thanks Shawna!
I love this……..rewsky……..that image really spoke to me too. It is gorgeous.
Yeah Sherry, when the sky is raining fire, it’s a bit distracting… 😉
Yep! It certainly will put a damper on any morning, great poem, rob!
Thank you Carol Anne, very much! 🙂
“oh shit
the damned sky is on fire
again”
Yep.
Gotta be damned careful these days JR!
A swerve from a vibrant surreality into someone else’s insistence on their own dull explosions-over-plot story. Well done!
Yes Chrissa, frustrating… 😐
..”certainly puts a damper on
a beautiful Kiev morning ”
Civilians killed, people living in basements. etc etc.
That’s far more serious than a ‘certain damper’.
Absolutely Syl! Emphasizing horror through ridiculous underplay.
A new word for my ever (I trust) expanding vocabulary … “rewsky.”
Brava.
Slang word for Russians I think I first heard in the movie comedy “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming”. Putin deserves only slang.
Like throwing the globe into a bag of ash.
Sadly yes Lisa. 🙁
BRAVO!!!
Well wrought
Much love
Thank you Gillena… <3