The Pride of Lions

The Pride of Lions 

The interior of Algarve has in the summer heat 
an African feel, waterholes are getting smaller
and mules must be careful not to be caught by
lions that lurk in the chaff, seed of things made
golden by the sun, but ultimately just T. V trash
blinding us so we don´t see the lovely animal 
called reality. Endless rolling news, tragedy is 
entertainment, transient fame of those who 
want to be famous without doing homework,
end up as husks blowing in the wind, belittled 
on the throne of craving for amusement by 
the unthinking, who do not see blood and circus
are dust of distraction by the powerful so we
do not see how our freedom is eroded before 
it is too late, and there are no lions left.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Collins Avatar
July 26, 2013 at 8:01 AM
I came back to this one, Jan. Eat or be eaten. The "dust of distraction" is a great metaphor or simile or idiom or meteor. Very nice. love Kathy
Hansen Avatar
July 27, 2013 at 5:13 AM
thank you Kathy
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