12-27-2014, 07:24 AM
The first stanza is the most captivating to me. We want Buddha -- he's the good guy, lovely fat belly and unthreatening bald head (not the neo-Nazi type). Buddha must have a face. Those nasty Muslims, though, they're all the same. Don't take the time to listen to one voice, just assume that they're all shouting the same thing and it's something about yo' mama.
Poets can hear those single voices -- maybe that's what kills them in the end. Too much conflict between what is and the way we're told it should be.
I am not convinced that the repetition of "falls" in S3 L3 works. I do love the light, casual rhymes and near-rhymes -- especially the juggled/struggles in the penultimate line.
Poets can hear those single voices -- maybe that's what kills them in the end. Too much conflict between what is and the way we're told it should be.
I am not convinced that the repetition of "falls" in S3 L3 works. I do love the light, casual rhymes and near-rhymes -- especially the juggled/struggles in the penultimate line.
It could be worse
