Apathy

Your head’s in the sand,
  the canary at hand

The coward inside you,
  his kingdom commands

Mired in apathy,
  lost in denial

One last Armageddon
  —the price of your wile

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Gauthier Avatar
February 20, 2019 at 9:57 AM
Great poem, Kurt.
Behm Avatar
February 20, 2019 at 11:16 AM
Thank you, LG
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