Equality (Poet's Prompt)
There was the time I saw a fight
A soldier hit a sailor with a beer glass
The sailor went down, got up bloody
Rammed a bar stool against the soldier's ribs
The grunt dropped to one knee in a groan
On shaky legs they stood eye-to-eye and threw off-balance punches
They knocked each other out
A minute later the swabbie starts moaning for his mother
I finished a beer and drank another at a bar named the One Lucky
The fight starts all over again
SC: I wrote this many weeks ago. People judge each other as enemies in many different ways: race, gender, religion, place of origin. Soldiers and sailors do it, too. Because of the different uniforms they wear.
cul de sac
1 month ago
13 comments:
Love ones from the One Lucky - poetic tales.
Old Ollie
neat.
Hey SC, wonderful post for the prompt! =)
-Weasel
A poem with real action and real voice. Nice work!
Definitely like this response to the prompt...very original.
Amazing but true...people will fight over anything...it is the labels we put on others and ourselves..bkm
Yours was an eye opener. Hadn't realized the animosity sometimes between soldiers and sailors -- especially after a few beers.
Excellent poem for this prompt. People often fight so senselessly and continually.
We should have no enemies. What are we on this planet for?
Yes, SC your bar-room brawl is an excellent metaphor for life.
A real voice! I like that!
Pamela
Square Corner,
I liked this very much. The one on one fight and yet with all in the end, the cry out for a mother......
Any excuse will sometimes do!
Best wishes, Eileen
Hi sq, this is really good - I'm having flashbacks of my Navy days. :)
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