Buzz & Flicker, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37on Twitter/X)
Somewhere a placenta spills out
An umbilical cord is cut
A first gasp of air and shriek
Somewhere a foundation is poured
Hard hats buzz around tamping
And settling, rebar is set
Somewhere a suit sits at a desk
Foaming at the prospect
Of increasing profits
Somewhere a homeless panhandles
Wondering if she will garner
Enough sympathy to eat
Somewhere a bomb falls
On a city, and limbs
Scatter and heard are screams
Somewhere the child
Dreams a birthday wish
A kitten to snuggle
Somewhere she cowers
In the corner
From a raised fist
Somewhere in a factory
Machines churn and clank
Conveyor belts zoom
Somewhere a priest prays
Elsewhere a Muslim Cleric
And a Rabbi in fear of end days
It is all a temporary toil
With the same outcome
With the same ending
Somewhere is a notion
Far too often ignored
That we are the same species.
(end)
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Brian37 AKA Brian James Rational Poet...... My Poetry 
One response to “Buzz & Flicker”
This poem is facing the reader, that for good luck, or bad luck, for criminal or hero, for the rich and the poor, the hopeful and the hopeless, the ride ends the same for everyone. That is why it is important to be good now, do good now, and always keep in mind we are all still the same species.
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