eric sundin

Det tog då bara sekunder
uti livets mångåriga strid
att begå en pinsam blunder
som lämnat mej utan sinnesfrid

Fast ej gjort så illa
synes omöjligt
att nu sej inbilla
något så löjligt

Nattligt väcker mej spikrak
känslor lurar till stort omak
torr i munnen med bismak
huttrande som om i isvak

Kan skammen någonsin övervinnas
måste jag obarmhärtigt påminnas?

edited 01/14/23 0725

There was this (not that young) man named Brian
who went for an anti-racial buy-in

placed a BLM sign on his lawn
to show off his political brawn

and keeps it there while neighbors’ zeal dying

edited 12/12/24 0735

There was this peculiar geezer
a silly blabbermouth & teaser

but at last got wiser
then tugged on his visor

and ceased being such an appeaser

edited 02/13/24 020

Nations lacking sense to back down
prance at very edge of nuclear war
they war game ‘limited’ showdown
while ‘suitcase bombs’ may blast through backdoor

Too close to the edge we totter
in political meltdown
by the self-styled ‘genius’ plotter
revealed himself vile a clown

Economy precariously
fumbles while greed’s ruthless prophets
on Wall Street most nefariously
amass usurious profits

Enabled by our own inanity
we’re perishing amidst insanity!

+)
-abjection = degradation
-‘genius’ plotter clown = here: Trump

edited 04/22/24 1030

Ages since in my prime
and still striving to buck up
am racing against time
to turn into a grownup

While prospects for growth by now slimmer
still flickers hope in blurry glimmer

edited 02/13/24 0825

Earth’s oceans asphyxiated
planet terminally polluted
wearing out dilapidated
Human Race for poor Earth ill-suited

Wars rage without ceasefires
Farmland parched from drought
ever raging wildfires
gaining heightened clout

Bridges fall, deep potholes
oceans continue to rise
ice melts from heating poles
still doesn’t seem to make us wise?

But hey, can’t you see we’re busy
by high-tech haplessly dizzy!

edited 10/19/23 1100

Tros Gud välvilligt rår
(såvitt Gud förmår)
mens mänskan ej förstår
så oftast försmår

Varför fundera, ängslas
om, eller ej, Världen består
när kan låta oss fängslas
av dagens kaffe med påtår?

Om bjudes därtill kanelbulle
lever vi i stunden full rulle!

edited 01/03/24 0750

Political meltdown
Neo-fascist coup
by brashest clown
and well armed crew

In celeb adulation
incessantly we prate
rarely now conversation
but clichés hurled in hate

Occurs not by chance inequality
but by wilful sinister polity

edited 02/21/21 1110

Watch our contrived smiles beaming
flooding the feigned community
see our well-brushed teeth gleaming
All relished with impunity

With entitled importunity
we’re elbowing in fake freedom
for abundant opportunity
like found in erstwhile Yankeedom

While life’s very essence seems since been wrung
what we now stand for may thus be unsung

+)
importunity = persistence in solicitation

edited 08/10/24 0810

Money a means of transaction
while speculating, profits piling
can bring fleeting satisfaction
that easily becomes beguiling

Don’t worship at financial success shrine
spend money for people’s well being
Pursue not the maximized bottom line
whilst of fairness, justice unseeing

A flat out pace pecuniary
seldom settles well salutary

edited 05/15/22 0615