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Dances of Dissimulation
“The irony is that too often the people we tend
to vote for actually look down on voters.”
--Steven Weber.
Tanka Time
A man who strives to
paint masterpieces might end up
drawing comics for
a living--you know, Silver
Surfer & Thor & Batman.
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A woman who studies
ballet for twenty years might
find herself walking
dogs, teaching the tango &
some physical therapy.
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A boy from Detroit’s
projects, wanted to be a
draftee in the Pro--
NBA, but instead he
became a great math teacher.
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Hey, who makes a good
President--a person born
to wealth & prestige,
or someone with bleeding lips
from the far side of the tracks?
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Once a loving dog
begins killing chickens, he
becomes only a
killing machine, slave to blood
lust & dark primal murder.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over at dVerse Poets Pub MTB
17 comments:
Words of wisdom Glenn, as is the quote.
Kind regards
Anna :o]
Am hoping the better president is one with bleeding lips from the far side of the tracks ~ I really like the ending - sad on what we can be, to be a killing machine ~ I guess it all boils down to choices ~
Oh, how terribly, beautifully ironic are our lives! Well done!
Nice collection of contrasts with understandable ambiguity. The Weber quote and the question about who makes a good President seemed to be a hint out of the irony.
I loved treading the staircase of your ironies, Glenn!
Isn't it ironic? Indeed. :) Good stuff, Glenn.
Great title, Glenn, which signalled what was coming, and I wasn't disappointed. I like the quotation and the structure of a series of tanka, leading to the ironic point.
In my high school yearbook my goal in life was to "be of service to mankind"...someone wrote I ended up being a waitress at the local bowling alley.....all this makes life look one gigantic ironic joke. I appreciate the quotes you find.
Life is just this sometimes, a sinister joke...'Dances of Dissimulation' indeed...the last two of the series are perfect...
...wise words...loved it...
What starts as a surety, oft become a tragedy , Great Irony!
A veritable dance of Ironies Glenn
Yes the irony is that you cannot predict anything... still the end might be fine anyway (like being a math teacher)
Stellar collection.
Fun montage: People, born into their constitution, ignored or rewarded by their world, take on roles which may surprise or disappoint -- too complicated to predict. Fun examples, thanks.
Wow!!! Each vignette is very very good as a stand alone. And they do build -- those bleeding lips from across the tracks. Amazing imagery. Irony at the end -- but oh how I wish it were not so!
Amazing, Glenn! Life is full of surprises, and I'm voting cracked lips.
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