All That Glitters . . . . .

Gold cherry

By Ed Crane

Mon, 21 Jul 2014
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I bought myself a big flat-screen TV,

with HDMI,

so I could see the world more clearly.

 

I saw the individual hairs on a Lion’s

mane; the subtle melange of colours

within the Gobi desert landscape and

every droplet on flowers of manicured

Chelsea Lilies.

 

I watched the many sparkling eyes of a

tiny Jumping Spider stalking tiny flies in

a garden jungle; how it sucked its victims

to a tiny husk and the scything teeth of

Wolves on their kills

 

I inspected unwanted wrinkles under

supermodels’ eyes; worry lines on prime-

ministers’ faces;  the defiant callous

expressions of Russian leaders and fear

on the faces of their cabinets.

 

I examined ragged edges of brightly painted

metal on fuselages ripped by explosives;

suitcases laying in summer green grass and

the play of sunlight reflected from rivulets of

childrens’ blood trickling down dusty streets

of occupied cities.

Certificate 15
Poem
Other Non-fiction

Comments

Submitted by Bee on

So clever how you use and develop the intensity and clarity of vision from nature in minute detail through to the shocking reality of the last subject. It sort of creeps up on you - you see where you are being led, but it gets you anyway. Precisely written and powerfully moving. Made me think of the photos of Brazil being 'cleaned up' for the football, along with other recent events.

Bee

Submitted by Syphon on

A very relevant poem perfectly written and in full HD. Congrats on the cherry. 

Submitted by scratch on

This is really excellent Ed.  

The collaging effect of the images as you maybe try the new television out and how you take us to a channel-surfed hell on earth is mesmerising.  

You do come up with some fabulous stuff, this yet but the latest example.

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Thanks very much for reading this, Bee, Syphon and scratch. Much appreciated.

Thanks also Eds for the golden cherries!

 

Submitted by VeraClark on

Ed, you've encapsulated our whole dysfunctional society via a flat screen telly. For that, I am in awe.

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

I have to admit I find the situation these days a bit scary. This may sound pessimistic, but I think folks must be feeling the same way as they did in the years before WW2 or the Cuban missile crisis. The uncertainty of not knowing if things will blow over or escalate.

I cannot imagine what it is like for those in Gaza and on the West Bank. Probably they feel the same way as the forefathers of many Israelies felt in Germany under the Nazis . . . . Now there's a cruel irony!

 

Submitted by scratch on

I feel much the same way ed.  I believe the world is sleepwalking into a period of global instability which is a prelude to a massive catastrophe.

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Scratch, if I had the money I'd get my family out of Europe and go to someplace where the rockets can't reachwink