POETRY

no small apology

Nicky Dee
1 min readJun 7, 2022
Photo by Erico Marcelino on Unsplash

a low moan
whining air time
winding
through the anxious bowels
of it’s-all-on-the-line
existence

is nothing embarrassing
or controllable anymore

statements can be questions
and all the while
the answers
are easier to avoid
in These Days of error
through trial

does this make any sense

when relevant action
is no longer well-to-do
or respected

Enough.

or is it respectful enough
because it goes both ways
you see?!

maybe don’t ask…

once upon a time
i was shamed
and was ashamed
or at the very least
awfully,
awfully uncomfortable

you know

for myself
for you
and for us

These Days
i don’t care to care
quite so much

no more political apologies
i’m awfully sorries
or supernatural silences
to appease and protect
a drowning society
sinking in brutality and suffering
that’s wilfully, selectively
Collectively
unnoticed

or ignored

until
humanity somehow stands

to gain.

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