Analogy: President Bush And Iraq Poem by Max Reif
Analogy: President Bush And Iraq
The problem is pike:
someone dropped
a pair in the lake,
and these savage predators
are multiplying,
eating all the other fish,
whose natural habitat this is.
Your mind is a vast, vast net.
You throw it and its resources
into the lake
to try to surround all the pike.
If you leave even two
they'll infest the whole place again.
Then you'll cast your net once more,
maybe a bigger net,
to try to get it around
the whole problem
once and for all.
It's hard to tell, each time—
you can boast of success at first.
Sooner or later, though,
it will be obvious to all:
the pike will be gone,
or only pike will remain.
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So Max, is a bigger net required or a different method of catching the pike? This is great work, not in - your - face rantings, and hints at an important question whilst there is a slight condemnation. Or is that just me?
My solution is tame the pike, to live with the other fish, or nobody claims the lake.We will all perish.
Very clever and well considered. Thoroughly enjoyed this - thankyou. Hugs Anna xxx
Max - Like the pike, the terrorists will always be there, just out of sight, waiting to rear their ugly heads just when you think you got 'em all. Great perspective on a no-win scenerio. Linda
Max, Extremely high marks here. Clever approach metaphorically. Encourages me to want to read more of your work and indeed I shall starting right now. Kudos! Gregory
It looks like you're getting back into the swing of things, Max. A fine metaphor and a very good poem. I read about the pike problem a few years back. It's happening in many different places, actually.
A piece to think about Max. Well put together and had me scratching my head for a while.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 9:44:15 AM # 1.0.0.1119
fantastic to see a politcal poem appear here and saying what needs to be said, now those who need to hear somehow to get this to them great work