A Haiku for the world*

 Mankind goes high wire

Wisdom snails through the darkness

Cherry blossom in fall.

 

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Children wail in school

Morality at gun point

Roses at bloodbath.

         

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Old men lean on mics

Storms rumble on the horizon

Lilies wait to tumble.

         

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Camels stand listless

Smoke rises from a factory

No tears from the sky.

         

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Black bodies wash ashore

Diamonds on ivory necks

Drums beat in winter

             

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Boats splash in water

Cheetah cubs whimper in bags

Soaring heat at dawn

 

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Fish swims in sea slime

Dusky stars blink from the heavens

Gadgets light the earth.

 

-       Bashir Goth, June 15, 2022 written in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 * I told my wife that I forgot to bring a book with me to read during my trip to Minnesota and she told me to write a poem about the condition of the world. Hence, this haiku was born.

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