Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #6
They Said the World Would End
by Belinda Roddie
They said the world would end tomorrow, but
they guessed that it would happen back in May,
and before that, they said two years ago
was certainly the climax of all days.
In nineteen ninety-four the claim was thrown
into a book, and still it wasn't right.
The man had grown more senile, but assured
to everyone that he had seen the light.
And all the while, he'd taken money from
each sorry schmuck who still believed in him.
They still pay their devotions to the cause
until their pockets only hold their lint.
No matter what, tomorrow I will say:
Get out the booze for pseudo-rapture day!
by Belinda Roddie
They said the world would end tomorrow, but
they guessed that it would happen back in May,
and before that, they said two years ago
was certainly the climax of all days.
In nineteen ninety-four the claim was thrown
into a book, and still it wasn't right.
The man had grown more senile, but assured
to everyone that he had seen the light.
And all the while, he'd taken money from
each sorry schmuck who still believed in him.
They still pay their devotions to the cause
until their pockets only hold their lint.
No matter what, tomorrow I will say:
Get out the booze for pseudo-rapture day!
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