prolix verbiage
blah blah blahs in emptiness
flowered rhetoric
the talking heads talk and talk
as the nation sleeps – bored
watch TV debates
eating stale crisps and nachos
explosive boredom
blah blah blahs in emptiness
as the nation sleeps – bored
10 o’clock news
same news with new hype and spin
breathless comments
blah blah blahs in emptiness
as the nation sleeps – bored
social networks thrive
half-baked intellectuals
tweeting and buzzing
blah blah blahs in emptiness
as the nation sleeps – bored
prolix verbiage
words thrown across the waves
passing the time
blah blah blahs in emptiness
as the nation sleeps – bored
© G.s.k. ‘15
[I’m really tempted to call these haiga with tanka … tanga.]
This poem was inspired by a comment by Jules from Jules Longer Strands of Gems
Bastet and Sekhmet's Library 
Too true, so well done!!
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Thanks J … glad you enjoyed it!
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Makes me want to bang their heads together–either knock them out, or shake loose some good sense!
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LOL if that’s all we needed to do … life would probably be way different.
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Yes, but violence is frowned on…even though it’s the way of the world.
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Violence is frowned on … bah … football, movies, tv sitcoms, news broadcasts as the Lady said:
“Out, damn’d spot! out, I say!—One; two: why, then
’tis time to do’t.—Hell is murky.—Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our pow’r to accompt?—”
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Oh sure, violence in sports–people love it. But when it takes to the streets, or the bedroom…no one likes to talk about it, let alone address the issue, fix it.
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As with all things that are without an easy solution … we live in a world of ostriches you know …
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Yes, and while the birds are beautiful, the human o’s are not so much 🙂
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Alas …
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Indeed, alas…
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Boy, there’s truth here !
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So much truth in the lines! That’s the way the world behaves today!
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Thanks … and I agree 🙂
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I often feel the same way. I like the use of repetition of the last two lines which gives a microcosm of the feeling you’re trying to convey, the vain repetition. 🙂
janet
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Thanks … I liked understanding what you found interesting in the poem’s construction … and yes, I can really understand that you might feel the same way, thanks for sharing! 🙂 Georgia.
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Wow, love the commentary here! Such an astute take on things today.
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Thanks Grace … glad you liked it!
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Oh, say it isn’t so! Lmao well put, my friend 😀
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Thanks there … long time no see! 🙂
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So very true…we are in election mode here in Canada but I don`t have a tele and don’t listen to the radio…get updates here and there when I choose to…all blah blah blah in French and in English (chuckles).
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I’m in your same condition … no tele and don’t listen to the news on the radio … here it’s always blah blah blah … the Italians love to comment on politics and world events!
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