May 31, 2016 Original Poetry, The Daily Post

Bread and Circus
©May 31st, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

Give me my daily bread and circus!
Give me my gaudy show!
Show me that life’s got no purpose,
Save what I already know.

Keep me ignorant and stupid,
Entertain me all day
With pretty pink hearts and cupids,
While our world burns away!

Show me that life has no meaning,
But for what t.v. shows.
And while we sit around screening
Reality, life goes.

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In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt:  Circus

For some reason, my poem reminded me of the line “Here we are now, Entertain us, ” in the Nirvana song Smells Like Teen Spirit .

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