Scattered Thoughts

In Oslo, archer* on rampage

Will “Shot by arrow!” make front page?

What prompted this barbaric act?

Unsuspecting shoppers to attack …

 

At 90, Captain Kirk** appears

To travel boldly to new spheres;

Views from Outer Space appeal

No TV series this - it’s real!

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Young couples in Australia moan

Few can now afford first home;

Container ships pile up, unloaded

Long Beach and L.A. have imploded!

 

In Rue des Bouchers, all is quiet;

No, Brussels isn’t on a diet

But its clientele was kept at bay

Due to protracted COVID stay…

 

Those boarded frontages look sad,

Lost, the “joie de vivre » they had;

We had it all once, for the taking;

Now, to a new world, we’re waking!

(c) Poet in the woods 2021

Rue des Bouchers, Brussels - 2021

* Espen Andersen Bråthen in Kongsberg - 5 deaths.

* William Shatner