Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Waiting for the Other Boot to Drop - quatrain

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

Waiting for the Other Boot to Drop

 

And it’s not even a good and honest boot

But the steel-tapped heel and studded sole

Of anger, hatred, and existential despair

One that takes time to pause and stomp the flowers



(The village grouch; you know him)

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