Comments | ysabetwordsmith: Poem: "A Long Way to Fall"

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Poem: "A Long Way to Fall"

Jan 31, 2014 16:19

This poem came out of the January 21, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from siliconshaman. It also fills the "betrayal" square in my 12-8-13 card for the Genprompt Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the series Walking the Beat.

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siliconshaman February 1 2014, 11:36:50 UTC

In case I didn't say before [sleep dep'ed here, so not sure] I do like this, the resolution isn't what I expected but upon reflection, it's better not to have it completly cleared up. Life isn't neat, it goes on and nothing really ends.

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith February 1 2014, 19:16:10 UTC

I'm glad you liked this.

In my observation, life is messy. When there are accusations of betrayal, people get upset. Even if it turns out to be a misapprehension, trust can be difficult to rebuild. A situation like this is usually not something that a community can just handwave away -- especially in a context where corruption has happened in the past, even if that was with different people.

So this is going to take more than one poem to clear up. In case you're interested in this storyline, "A Two-Way Street" (listed on the series page) is a sequel and deals with some efforts to reconnect police and community.