Challenge
Canary in a mine shaft
Have a poem revolving around this concept, or write a story in which a character acts as a canary in a mine shaft.
By n’ Buy
It's an illusion
that the canary
in the coal mine
sings...
the Operatic
panicking
heard in the
too limited
acoustics
of its captive
audience
makes us
mistake the
extraordinary
for the ordinary
& when the
strange concert
-ed effort ends
there are not
enough chairs
to sit to clap in
& the heads up
above peering
down do still
grotesquely
believe we're
doing the right-
thing even though
the mule's gone
blind & the song
has died & the
coal, petrol, gems
& metal finally
have no one
left nearby...
03.20.2023
Canary in a mine shaft challenge @HeartofaWolf
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