Thursday, 22 September 2022

In the Balance!

Bright warm days in duck-blue sky

After hailstorms, all is dry

Dogs and their masters rush on by

Down dappled way;

The fiery heat turned down to cool

Children, joyful, back at school

 In city centre, strikers* duel:

Their gripe?  More pay!

 

Abroad, two land-locked Nations fight

As each side wants to hold on tight

But Pyrrhic gains just don’t seem right

To settle scores ;

Reservists flee, they fear the worst;

NATO digs deep in its purse:

This ‘Special Operation’ nursed

By Bear-like claws !


(c) Poet in the woods 2022


*Strikes are a frequent occurrence in Brussels!



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