Chamblee54

You didn’t grow up · adult duties how hard harsh · figure out feel you
It has been a great morning so far. It would be even better if I can get outside in that cold, wet, December air. Unfortunately, I need to finish writing this post.
ought perfection myth · ability just forgive · happiness toxic
WH Auden wrote a poem once. Epitaph on a tyrant started by saying “Perfection of a kind, was what he was after.” I know this poem because Tom Rapp based a song on it, Footnote. In the alternative version, “burst with laughter” became “laughed at his feet.” The latter version works much better for me, which tells us about the shortcomings of perfection.
mere players exit · Mewling puking whining creep · Mad bubble justice
This haiku had men in the first part, which gave it an extra beat. To make a proper haiku, the men had to go. This is an analogy of the role of gender in modern society. To fit into a formula, men have got to leave the picture. The  5-7-5 feng shui is  more important than mere men.
aria talents · regard their crackpot fool who · rant their loyalty
The comparison of an aria … the showstopper solo in an opera … to the ravings of the common media myrmidon, endlessly braying about what their sponsors want to hear … can make the a crackpot fool seem like a prophet in his own land.
American rig · chic society edges · Republican smash
Rig is a word with many uses. Rig rhymes with the first syllable of popular six letter word, and is sometimes used as a euphemism. When chic society edges towards its Republican climax, powered by the American rig used to inject hard drugs into quivering veins, edging with delight at the anticipation of another fix of TRUTH, then one can only marvel at the spectacle.
sorry traveler · looked down under the other · grassy passing worn
Bobby Frost was lucky to be born when he was. He does not see one of his best lines corrupted by the fence building industry. He was a 20th century traveler, looking down from under the other, on his way to the grassy, passing knoll. The other is used to it.