Today’s prompt, to write a poem about two incongruous things engaged in a fight did not inspire me at first; I’m too tired of all the fighting going on to enjoy writing about it. I think my responses below explain why
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Politics; “let’s fight!”
Ennui; “I can’t be bothered.”
Apathy; “I win”.
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Soon I will be gone,
Sooner than you think is right
All lost in a blink.
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Children bleed for Gods,
Loveless leaders plead for war,
They rest in pieces.
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“Come on. Stand up. Let’s have you”
Banged the kettle drum of War.
Brash brass gleamed and trumpeted,
“Be proud, defend these shores.”
The tartan bag of wind and pipes just sighed
“There’s nothing left worth fighting for,”
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Missives & Musings 
I so get this, Graham, and identify with these lines especially:
‘The tartan bag of wind and pipes just sighed
“There’s nothing left worth fighting for.”’
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Thanks Kim
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You’re welcome, Graham.
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Bravo to both sentiments and expression!
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Thank you Rosemary
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Can relate, unfortunately. Sometimes the news is just too much — and I feel lucky-lonely-guilty to be able to tune it out. Thank goodness for poetry and, more specifically, for your poem today lighting a way through despite the doom. Write on, Graham!
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Very kind – WE will write on, as you say
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💗 how this made me feel because I care too. Thanks so much.
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Thank you Selma
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I don’t know how vivid a poet can write before this madness stops. Apathy grooming is trending…
“In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.” – Jonas Meekas
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It’s a difficult challenge to stay positive at times, but we must hold fast and press on with the task
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