Tuesday, September 4, 2012

The Lighter Tragedies

In fairy tales so often:
The parents die
Siblings are unkind
Houses catch on fire.

We are told much later of grief
From losses that are made

Not happened to.

2 comments:

Shalmi said...

How did I miss this.

Your poetry is really depressing and admire-worthy both. Not always the former, but when it is, it Is.

joey said...

Of course this one is depressing. It's about depression.

Also I saw how you cleverly snuck a compliment in there.