New poem: "Fake Joy is Better than Nothing"

 

Fake Joy is Better than Nothing

 

It didn’t feel right, the 2024 Democratic

Convention in Chicago, Illinois; but

I couldn’t figure out why. And I watched,

listened, and soon saw that it was a sin

against everything that is holy to fake joy,

the simple, purest expression of soul’s

relationship with God; and I puzzled why

they would do such a thing. But when life

has been compromised of meaning, the hole

in the soul has to be filled, and fake joy

is better than nothing.

 

Composed in Tiny Beaches,

Georgian Bay, Southcentral, Ontario,

Saturday, August 24, 2024