Monday, April 8, 2019

National Poetry Writing Month Eight

Prompt-- Inspired by 1 Corinthians 10:13

The Quiet of Grave Dispositions

The bowed heads of my childhood
were supplicants to
a mainly benevolent God
     who never trapped
     past the point of endurance
     always offering
     clauses of escape

The bowed heads of current children
are petitioners of
a viral gaming god
     sending more candy
     than two thumbs can crush
     more mad birds
     than a swipe sharply left can launch

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