It’s an amazing situation.
Came right out of the blue.
I had to pinch my arm to
Convince myself it’s true.
They want to film my novel,
Offered an amazing price,
No more nine to five drudgery
Which sounded so very nice.
Of course they’ve changed the
Location from Neasden to Japan
And my middle aged heroine has
Become a muscular action man.
It’s no longer a tale of
Strained domestic bliss
Now more a pot boiler about
International financial crisis.
They’re certainly wanting changes
To my more pedestrian plot,
And heaven only knows
How many characters get shot.
I gasped in amazement at
The suggested A list cast
Being a struggling new author
Certainly a thing of the past.
Yes they wanted to film my novel
But I’ve turned them down flat:
Rather nine to five drudgery than
Association with rubbish like that.
Goodbye dreams of riches
And back to the old rat race
But at least I’ll still be able
To look myself in the face.
A friend on whom you can always depend,
To whom your helping hand you can extend.
To you, he is an oasis in a desert,
In whose company you find yourself unhurt.
In troubled waters, he becomes your anchor;
In financial crisis, he is your reliable banker.
To your earnest requests, he says not ‘no’;
He is ever ready to defend you in one go.
Why all this? He is your alter ego!
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The whole world's condition gets much worse.
Even rich countries experience
worries and difficulties
because of poverty.
Many families
are affected
and rigid
with sad
state.
Corona case increases
Causing financial crisis
as impact in life
Causes huge loss
of poverty and life
ruined happiness of life
Crime rate increases
People trust decreases
causing negative impact in health.
Half-Orphaned - A letter to a son from a father in heaven
Dear Son,
Sorry!
to leave you half-orphaned
to abandon you with my death
Sorry!
for not picking you from school
for missing out on your football matches
Sorry!
to dump you and your mother with a financial crisis
to have you to see your mother cry every day
Sorry!
for not wearing a helmet that day
for not fighting back from death
Your Baba from Heaven!
How did Christmas
become such a threat
to my finances?
Little by little,
year by year,
I'm expected to spend greater amounts on gifts,
like a snake surrounding
and threatening me
with a body as thick as my arms.
I’m powerless to resist social pressures
from extended family and friends
for more and more gifts,
as if cold coils constrict
tighter each time I exhale
squeezing me, making it difficult to breathe.
Spending more than I can afford
has brought me to a financial crisis.
The snake is killing me,
and its beady eyes look into mine
with the confidence
of a winner.
But as I apply
for another credit card,
it releases its grip and I breathe again.
Hades*, some have decided to enrich, with
The souls of the poor**
For
The mighty greedy people of this world, may
Preserve their fortunes!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
19 July 2015
* Pluto, the Underworld
**One, for better to evaluate this Epigram, should have
a look at my poem “ Greek Tragedy” posted on the 15 of July.
There I present a number of facts, concerning the financial crisis
of Greece. The facts are also presented by BBC today.
Here I only mention the confirmed 10.000 suicides that
took place in Greece the last five years. To the memory of those
people, I dedicate this poem.
In this Global ressession it causes many to fall into a deep
pit of depression and fills them with dispair as they wonder
is there anyone to show they care?
They loose faith and hope, for they simply cannot cope with the
worlds financial scope.
Although we live in critical times and are hard to deal with the effects
of the stress caused by these situations are sad and real for these ones
we truly feel.
Will things ever get resolved in this financial crisis well the verdict is pretty much
going to stay like this as the world is in need of a major fix but who is there to
undo and repair all the damage that's taken place all before our very face.
If people looked to a higher source they could take a positive course as there
is a force stronger than humankind and to many people they are just blind to it
which is sad to say, but for those who do we keep on and pray for one day they
might say Yes it is true there is a God in existance and believe he will bring about
the peace and happiness to give us a full release from the wickedness in the
world that will soon cease.
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