John Lawless Poet Free verse

Peace

Peace
It’s ironic
It’s irenic

So….let’s play a game
we’ll dump out the contents
of 87 different jigsaw puzzles
mix them all up and then
reassemble them
as ONE unified whole.
This must be done without
altering any of the edges
shapes or beliefs
of any of the pieces.
We must also preserve
the integrity and culture
of every empty box
while maintaining
the dignity and ethnicity
of each of the eighty-seven thousand
individual pieces seeking inclusion.

Alas, it would seem
that peace is an
ironic
irenic
dream 

John G. Lawless
©1/13/2022

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Caren Krutsinger January 25, 2022 at 2:13 AM Straight to my FAVE list John.

Gershon Wolf January 13, 2022 at 6:19 PM Peace broken down into 'manageable bites' = Pieces.

L Milton Hankins January 13, 2022 at 9:45 AM Outstanding, John. You have so well described the complexity of our society, our culture (even), and certainly our government. Nice work. I enjoyed it. In fact, it's a FAVE because I want to be reminded of it from time to time! John Lawless January 13, 2022 at 12:30 PM thanks Milton, I woke up with the word peace rattling around in my head and couldn't really come up with a solid definition of the word...