Thursday, March 30, 2017

Dances of Dissimulation


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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
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17 comments:

  1. hyperCRYPTICalMarch 30, 2017 at 2:43 PM

    Words of wisdom Glenn, as is the quote.
    Kind regards
    Anna :o]

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  2. GraceMarch 30, 2017 at 3:11 PM

    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 ~

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  3. JillyMarch 30, 2017 at 4:32 PM

    Oh, how terribly, beautifully ironic are our lives! Well done!

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  4. Frank HubenyMarch 30, 2017 at 6:00 PM

    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.

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  5. indybevMarch 30, 2017 at 8:10 PM

    I loved treading the staircase of your ironies, Glenn!

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  6. De JacksonMarch 30, 2017 at 8:23 PM

    Isn't it ironic? Indeed. :) Good stuff, Glenn.

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  7. Kim M. RussellMarch 30, 2017 at 10:58 PM

    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.

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  8. Kathy ReedMarch 31, 2017 at 1:47 AM

    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.

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  9. Sumana RoyMarch 31, 2017 at 2:20 AM

    Life is just this sometimes, a sinister joke...'Dances of Dissimulation' indeed...the last two of the series are perfect...

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  10. SreejaMarch 31, 2017 at 4:15 AM

    ...wise words...loved it...

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  11. AnonymousMarch 31, 2017 at 6:34 AM

    What starts as a surety, oft become a tragedy , Great Irony!

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  12. AnonymousMarch 31, 2017 at 6:54 AM

    A veritable dance of Ironies Glenn

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  13. brudbergMarch 31, 2017 at 7:55 AM

    Yes the irony is that you cannot predict anything... still the end might be fine anyway (like being a math teacher)

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  14. ✿March 31, 2017 at 9:34 AM

    Stellar collection.

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  15. Sabio LantzApril 1, 2017 at 8:50 AM

    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.

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  16. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comApril 2, 2017 at 6:09 AM

    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!

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  17. purplepeninportland.comApril 2, 2017 at 7:46 PM

    Amazing, Glenn! Life is full of surprises, and I'm voting cracked lips.

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