"what a sad world" - said the bread seller

You could throw the dice
Watch dem heads roll
Tap into the red carpet and watch your feet stagger
You're a beggar, because you're lesser than bloody and more human than sturdy...

hey boys and girls
ask your father what of the war
"another bag of rice
is another batch of rats
across the halls;
to poison our children and stain our minds"
hey before the mice, and the lice
what's the price of your pride?

attest the bias then you're pious
attend the fire if you're sparkfull

we could hold our breath

"we're all burning men"
then she shook her basket
"we're all marauding murderers"
she pledged our rest
"what a sad world" - said the bread seller

Reviews

[zella]

I loved this piece!! It was so whimsical but still strong with relatable emotions

[Tony Jordan]

What a great title , said TJ.
And what a good poem that is hitched to said title, said TJ.
And what a wonderful invented word is 'sparkfull' - yea verily it is indeed one I wish I created said TJ.

[winter;lyra]

ugh my inspiration slipped somewhere towards the end of it, i had something else in my mind but i guess i wanted to use the breadseller's figure as that neutral mouth feeder - she just sells bread to anyone, to you and your enemies, and specifically a bread seller because...cant explain BECAUSE MY STUPID MIND SCREWED UP but like the bread seller sees all because she sees that relief with her arrival, the arrival of food - the sustain of life - and in that relief you can see all? because it is in that emotion there is your will to live and to fight on, and in that there is your purpose, and so on, your "evil" and sadness - am i making sense Tony? do i ever make sense?