# WORLD

By [The Late Bloomin’ Author](https://paragraph.com/@tlba) · 2023-01-20

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Forests burn

Cultures war

The World still turns

24.

Idols rise

Idols fall

Over not too much at all.

Talking heads

Flap their gums,

On and on, and

On, and on.

The Idolized

The lionized

Endless clowning

Pick a side.

Bios draped in this ‘n’ that and

Freedom wrapped in cringe hashtags

Does not reduce the body bags.

Want to stay

Above the fray?

Careful now

You’re each sides’ prey.

Nuance upped and

Did a Runner

No one listens to discover;

One track minds won’t go beyond

Simply waiting to respond—meanwhile;

Forests burn

Cultures war

The World still turns

24.

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