Give

[Colm Roe]

Give a man a fish
he'll eat for a day
give him a gun
he'll eat for a week
after robbing a store
it's all arse about face though
lazy people expect fish, honest people just fish, while
other people claim ownership, by, of all things
virtue...
Respect a man
he'll feel less hungry
won't feel the need to be shot seven times
in front of his children
give a man a gun
train him to fear hungry people...oh
you already have.

[Dave]

Hey Colm
Interesting departure into politics and psychology. It took me a while to get my head around the poem/s. It appears to me to be more or less separate poems with a more or less obvious link. The second half is more immediate both in topicality and the writing and moves. The first half is like a theoretical basis for the second half. That is my impression but not a judgement.

Thanks for the poem
Dave
 

[Colm Roe]

You read it well Dave, thanks.
Any idea where everyone has gone?
Has Covid killed the poet stars?
God help us if (when) we get a really deadly virus.
Regards

[Dave]

Hey Colm
I hahve no idea where everyone else is. It appears it is you Matty and I here plus Dylan occasionally. Linda did stop by to say she had writer's block but that's it. I tried other poetry sites but they were just as bad. Corona is not poetic apparently.
Dave