Charles Coon Poet Blank verse

The Funeral

The Funeral

Juxtaposed we find
metaphorical possibilities
on the 'oft heard word
"Great.."
in  recent discourse..

The funereal gathering
marked with precision
and heartening oratory
celebrated a life representing
a centered consensus..
claiming a greatness
past and present..
but with darkness lapping
in places too close..

The golf outing
with creditable swing
stands circumferential 
representing "deplorables" who
find the center not their own..
yet..a clubbing of truth
and a rough savaging
of human interchange
seem as arousal..

Arousal for rejection of
both sides of this
juxtaposition:
Are we witnessing the 
birthing of what is "Great"
all anew...?

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Arthur Vaso September 3, 2018 at 1:53 AM Very well said with great wit!

Sand Blown September 2, 2018 at 10:51 PM for all intents and purposes the filthy rich great man is both social ignoramus and no more than an idiotic used car salesman Sand Blown September 3, 2018 at 1:22 AM in fact, for all intents and purposes, t-rump is finding out for the first time in his life what it's like to be inescapably at the governments mercy...there is none for the average citizen : /