Communication

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communication;

private ownership over

public property

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photo and Senryu by Brad Frederiksen

for

The OSI prompt this week provided the perfect excuse to pull this photo out of my collection and do something worthwhile with it. Hope you enjoy the result as much as I did.

Third Rock Ballad

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White light in fright fled the virtuous mean
Upon gathering mist laden shrouds;
Donning bright colours and offering hope
With an arc through insidious clouds.

The promising blade then withdrew to its sheath,
Replaced by a streak of milk chocolate,
Suspended below a dark blanket of hate
That groaned with intention to slaughter.

Scuttling into the Banksias high,
Armies of natives retreated.
A breeze tugged the collar and licked away tears
From leaves that would soon be defeated.

A pitter, a patter, transformed into clatter,
As sleet suffocated the earth bound.
Sonic fists punched at a trembling crust.
Lightning forks plucked at the high ground.

Relieved of the tension that led to the war
Between heavenly nation and Third Rock,
Survivors surveyed the remainders …
And promised to honor the shell shocked.

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by Brad Frederiksen

in response to the Ballad prompt – Get your poem on #37

and also in response to Pen Me a Poem – Poetry Prompt 3 – War