black sheep
Numb with disbelief, sometimes.
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black sheep
i am a sheep
i whine
i fear when
the next meal
will not come
i really dread
the sky falling
clouds and all
i could not
use it like
a blanket
anymore
i may not
pick myself up
from a fall
i see my
tired feet
slouching on
dry asphalt
and i am
mumbling what costs have skyrocketed
but who listens?
who understands?
and when we had the chance at the poll booths
we threw it all away.
29/07/2016
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“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
Chao Chuan [ 趙傳 ] - I'm a Small, Little Bird [我是一隻小小鳥]
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020
black sheep
i am a sheep
i whine
i fear when
the next meal
will not come
i really dread
the sky falling
clouds and all
i could not
use it like
a blanket
anymore
i may not
pick myself up
from a fall
i see my
tired feet
slouching on
dry asphalt
and i am
mumbling what costs have skyrocketed
but who listens?
who understands?
and when we had the chance at the poll booths
we threw it all away.
29/07/2016
**********
“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
Chao Chuan [ 趙傳 ] - I'm a Small, Little Bird [我是一隻小小鳥]
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020
posted by dsnake1 at 1:23 AM
6 Comments:
Ah, sad. Your sheep is humanity in general, I guess. Perhaps the black sheep (that metaphor for one who is 'wrong' / doesn't fit) is one who questions, even to a small degree?
oh yes, you are so perceptive. This is what I wanted to say.
i wrote this sometime back about an apolitical population, not just about my own country, but generally in any democratic country.
It has broad general relevance.
I am glad you see it that way. :)
This has much truth. Most people are sheep.
Thank you, Sara.
Yes, almost every society.
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