Ad [Verse] Sarcasm
by
Albeej A
The weatherman predicts some snow;
He calls for about three inches.
Must be great playing god, to know
How much will fall, but that’s show biz.
I know one thing: if I were wrong
As often as the weathermen
I wouldn’t have my job that long.
They screw-up time and time again
And still manage to keep working.
Imagine a neurosurgeon
Working on your head one morning
As inept as the weathermen.
Perish the thought! Some comfort though
If they call for it, it won’t snow.
He calls for about three inches.
Must be great playing god, to know
How much will fall, but that’s show biz.
I know one thing: if I were wrong
As often as the weathermen
I wouldn’t have my job that long.
They screw-up time and time again
And still manage to keep working.
Imagine a neurosurgeon
Working on your head one morning
As inept as the weathermen.
Perish the thought! Some comfort though
If they call for it, it won’t snow.
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Poetry.com 4 out of 5 based on 6 votes.
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Clever
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Nice one.
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The weathermen usually preduicts the totally opposute of what happens, lol. And now even cellphones and notebooks apps are way more accurate than them, and that comparison with the neurosurgeon, brilliant, man.
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The sarcasm is rolled out so smoothly, it is hardly even noticed. The frank admission in line one procedes to understatement in lines 13-14. The ineptness of precision contrasts with reality. What is not being said is that the patient would die. Instead the statement is that "it won't snow," which understates the gravity of the incorrect medical prediction. Forecasting (itself a strange practice) used to be plain media narrative. Now it is accompanied by enhanced computer graphics, as though technology can make augury more believable, if not true.
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I feel that way quite often, whats the point of a weather man these days anyway, I feel you were able to get your point across in very easy to understand wording. Sometimes that can make a complex theme come across as funny or seem not important. Your writing here didnt do that. I felt you made me feel your frustration with weather and you did it easily, quicly, and most important very well.
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nice
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