The time approaches
See you on the other side
This world or the next
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
*Does reading dystopian fiction make these times harder or easier?
Haiku: ‘The Other Side’
Tag: dystopia
‘Help!’ a poem
If I cry out for help —
will you be there?
We can’t know the thoughts of billions
staring bleakly out of windows:
I can only speak for myself.
Watching the news wounds me,
deeply,
a psychological stab to my heart,
yet still I follow it religiously:
The enemy is out there, silent,
unseen, invasive and surreptitious
in ways I can’t imagine.
So don’t let my cheery greeting
fool you: I’m scared to death
of what may come —
for they’re making death my sole
release.
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: ‘Dead’
I should be at school
But the teachers are all dead
Harsh reality
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
an ordinary world — jdubqca (Reblog)
tanks rolling through town escorting a larger entourage little legs running right along keeping up with the pace robotic machines with long legs & long arms marching & singing ‘one two three four who are we fighting for’ everything’s been canceled the parade is all there is children singing ‘one two three four’ lighting snakes […]
an ordinary world — jdubqca
Haiku: Happening
The empty city
The eviscerated minds
Something’s happening
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
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