1984 is finally upon us
We had to calmly wait till 2024
At least we were not waiting in a desert bus
Forty years in the Sun remained the promised score
We are monitored and observed like a disease
At least it is not COVID-19 anymore
Many think and know it is worse with much unease
As everything we see and hear speaks of the war
Already raging with ignorance to treasonous
Constituting a new force to clearly abhor
The time and place on Earth to meet, as to discuss
This war is passed, since only death is on the floor
The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell
This alexandrine had to follow an unusual rhyming scheme, namely, abab cbcb abab. It is 1984; I mean 2024, after all.
Queen - Hammer to Fall
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Patrick M. Ohana
A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
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