Normal – Gettin’ By

Just a normal morning
Pleasant breezes after a night
Of wind and thunderstorms
Monsoon season in full swing

Wage-slaves heading off to their
Chain gangs, hamster-wheels, and
Thankless retail and corporate mazes
Eyes fixed on a hoped for normal weekend

Just another normal morning, with
Normal partisan vitriol
Normal gun violence
Normal elite greed and ruthlessness

Normal social deafness of our rulers
Normal acceptance of the status-quo
Normal turning a blind eye
Normal … Just Gettin’ By

But a pleasantly normal morning
In mid July

–LE – 7/15/24