A Tough Call

If we’re not careful, days go by

Achieving nothing, on the fly

As August swelters in the heat;

Far niente* is so hard to beat!

 

Another morning - deep blue sky

My plants look wizened – will they die

Though watered daily in large doses ...

How long before they ban our hoses?

 

This week, large grain ships leave Ukraine

As Turkey's brokers take the strain;

But eyes revert to Middle East

 Where tensions flare up, threatening peace…

 

A powder keg – in all this heat

Worries our-man-in-the-street

Hence, I leave you with this thought:

Has history all its lessons taught?

(c) Poet in the woods 2022

* dolce far niente = doing sweet nothing