CRACKERS AND SOUP

Thomas Dooley 1968 (Maryland)



Got all the reasons to lie got no reason, to tell the truth
All this talking without any proof this is what they do
Placing all the blame with no shame, this new hate is what they maid

Crackers are boring without the soup so dry with the same old lie
Trading your blessing for a bowl of lentil soup
Now you and your brother pray in different ways

The children in their bare feet playing on the Gaza streets
Never to know freedom under the iron dome no one is home now alone
It is hard to be so different when those who hate you say you have no soul

Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.
Get your last breath as politicians vote for your death
Don't want to believe the lier but still, you believe the lie

Gentrification is a hipster way to say community segregation
If every life mattered, we would be one nation
But everyone wants to be a famous hatter

Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.
The skies are blue for now; if a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound
If those woods have not burned down

Sensitivity of the past isn't what Notridomis could even predict.
Many conversations in this life we should be having
Equal rights, social justice and don't forget Daphni
 
Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.
Crumble up these crackers and let them soak up the flavor of another culture
So delicious so fulfilling just like those bean pies

The content of your character is lost when looking for other peoples miss-steps
Life is so random and love is an emotion, not an act
So be kind to others when thinking of that

Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.
Negative attention only bring negative oppression
Education is commonsense, and learning from the past is the only fix

About this poem

It is a metaphoric commentary on diversity and social injustice and its hypocrisy.

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Written on August 10, 2021

Submitted by tdooley226 on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxx Axx xbx Axa ccd Axx xxb Adx xxx Acx
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,813
Words 356
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Thomas Dooley

A poet who sits at the edge of society with a microscope composing metaphor phrases in a rhythmic fashion, creating elaborate photos on the caves of the mind. Showing a landscape of hypocrisy in society today. In a tone of sociopolitical form to provoke thought and move emotions. more…

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