Friday, July 10, 2020

today we are voting for a new government

Crunch time.



photo by dsnake1



today we are voting for a new government


Today, we are voting for a new government, and I have marked my opinion early in the morning. Does my X really matter? Aren't we all goldfishes in a pretty bowl, swimming over the same old spaces? Do goldfishes have a view on politics? Or poetry?

Aren't we also ants, running in a neat line along the kitchen countertop? Do ants deliberate about the coronavirus, loss of jobs, and the laws that are shoved down our throats? Do they prefer the colours white, or others?

Perhaps my X really matters, because all these add up, these are our collective voices, angry or meek. Tonight, or early tomorrow morning, we will know then, if the glass in the goldfish bowl has cracked.


10/07/2020
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"Do you ever ask your goldfish for their views on goldfish poetry or politics. Does a termite thinks that a woman's place is in the house? Do beavers prefer blondes or brunettes?"

-- Robert Heinlein, Goldfish Bowl






© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020

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