a new depression

a new depression

 

 

burly billowing dreams

huge turnover

firings of feelings

take home pay a severed heart

 

there is no pink slip

just a blue title

a gray memory incentive

to pound the pavement

 

search for a new position

love is getting scarce

in this poor economy

where emotions are unfairly taxed.

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/25/2020

Reviews

[duff]

You would think in times like these that people would show more support and be a bit more neighborly but in my experience it's been quite the opposite. The small things seem to have left the building.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i totally agree, duff.
people almost seem scared to be neighborly now.
j.

[AJNJ]

Love and lucre are indeed both in short supply these days. One just can't help feeling blue when there is such a scarcity of everything that matters.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, AJNJ,
j.

[.]

The ongoing pandemic and chaos... Shattered dreams and emotions. A pandemic of lifetime ... So costly to bear.... Very touchy

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Dreamer,
j.

[h d e rushin]

I don't work anymore....I live off of my Pension, goof off, then read some poetry. But I remember the feeling of being so susceptible to working attributes that the analogy you offer here comes clear. love is depressed like the airline industry, cruise lines, hospitality, restaurants, movies, mall shopping, basketball viewership, football attendance. in fact, ask someone to come over then you realize that "over" is so 2019. "Love is scarce" in this poor, unforgiving economy. The analogy is so apropos.......dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your insightful words, dana...
I appreciate you, fellow poet.
j.

[barleygirl]

A poetic comparison between love's poor economy & the economically crippled one, both jolted in the down direction by all that keeps us at odds these days, keeping love & prosperity at bay, with opportunities far far away (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

absolutely...thank you for your understanding review, Margie,
j.

[poetgurl]

this economy sucks, It's going to just get worse, in my opinion if things don't turn around, but I feel it's not going too. I like our intriguing thoughts.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Ang,
j.

[poetgurl]

not a problem...

[emmajoy]

'.. firings of feelings .. take home pay a severed heart ..'

This is finely, cleverly but tragically worded, dear sir. Seems, like it or not, we need accept that Time ahead is going to be a long one. Can only pray that people behave logically, intelligently when at all possible. A depression has already eaten into global life, has for months.. begun by you know what. Our emotions are unfairly taxed by virtually every messy spur. But we need keep hope as close as close can be, don't you think, stand defiantly and manage.. somehow. As always your poetry speaks with understandable clarity, thank you.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Logically and Intelligently....yes, let us hope..
thank you for your understanding review, em.
j.

[emmajoy]

In spite of everything going on, j. I still try to take time to read and understand rather than guess. So hope life is treating you kindly, keep safe.

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Jacob.. we voted yesterday... with free choice... to hear our voice echoed through our Land. I think of the 🎶 song... “this land is my Land... this Land is your Land”. Unfortunately, our duly elected Servants think that this is their Land. If only they would treat us as well as we provide them with much wealth and privilege.
gently, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Amen to all you just said here, Pat. Thank you,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

The new order of covid will have a marked effect on everything. It is only the start. Economies will suffer, relationships will suffer and freedom is restricted. We are living in a straight jacket. The new great depression.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think it is going to be much worse than 1929....
thank you for your words, Chris.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

You are so right. It's only just started.

[Neville]

....................... all that you say .. and we are only just in the opening round .. I fear this beast will make all previous crashes look like a ding ... no doubt about it, perfectly pitched, of the moment and precisely postulated jacob
N.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Neville....yes, just the early rounds...I agree.
j.