‘What’s to do?’
‘—talk climate change incessantly—’
‘—more spice. Briefer. Sexier. LOUDER. Our biggest show was “Phallus(ies): Does size matter?”
Sunshine reflects from every surface,
the wind brings outrage to our door.
‘—teach our children wilderness skills, hand-to-hand combat, how to run like wolves.’
Image: Henry sprang upon the wolf’s back, by Virginia Frances Sterret [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. A quadrille written for Dverse, the poets’ pub where Mish is hosting 44 words, keyword: ‘spice’. And here’s the Cat Empire with Wolves
Peter Frankis writes 
Good one!!
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Oh, nice. “the wind brings outrage…” Belongs in an evening weather report.
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Love this.. the irony of discussion that goes on for (another) ten years sounds likely. A good reason not to act is to talk.
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Thanks Bjorn. True story – real quotes (except the wolves) from a panel on ‘our future’. Sigh.
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So clever and very creatively delivered. I think the last line is sound advice. Nice call on Cat Empire.
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This is hilarious:
Our biggest show was “Phallus(ies): Does size matter?”
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Love this sad distillation of what’s going on in the modern consciousness. The urgent and the ridiculous all fighting for our attention.
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I don’t know what’s to do. Probably best to turn off the TV.
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I’m shaking my head – sorrow, amusement …
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‘Our biggest show was “Phallus(ies): Does size matter?’ made me chortle! And then I was brought up seriously by ‘the wind brings outrage to our door’.
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So clever! So much for being brief and bold, dragging on the same old in-your-face “phallusies” for ten years(+).
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Very clever write….especially when I read your response that these are mainly all real quotations. LOVING “the wind brings outrage to our door”.
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This is so well done.
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Thanks Janice – the quadrilles are always fun.
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Love how your poem is constructed from quotes.I do think there us too much talk and not enough action. We’re spinning our wheels.
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