Waking Up to How Things Ended

Other, more approximate, histories appear

less susceptible to mythology. Their tall ships,

constructed from sturdier woods, brass tacks,

with tedium and attention to the nitty-gritty,

nuts and bolts of everyday co-existence, will still sail

through the most inclement of weathers. When

suspicion leaks in, they seem less worried, capable

of rolling over and going back to sleep.

 

But here, where danger lurks about every corner,

rumor and proof -- I didn’t see it, or

I can’t believe it -- is the new currency of choice.

Disaster management has become the favored  

elective for the spoon-fed ruffians --

who has time for a comprehensive reading?

Ken e Bujold

Reviews

[Lisasview]

Hi ken,
Interesting read with layers of metaphors which I always enjoy...
Life is pretty interesting, around every corner we never know what to expect...
Lisa, now in Spain

[W. Barrett Munn]

I was expecting a continuation of the shipbuilder metaphor.