PrintPoem – Accidents Will Happen (By Gary Beck)
Accidents Will Happen
A man walks down the street
ears covered
with hi-tech headphones
playing music
from his IPOD,
carefully recorded
for his listening pleasure,
and doesn’t hear
the warning sound
of a building falling on him.
A woman walks down the street
eyes intent
on her smartphone’s keyboard
texting her friend
with urgent fingers,
describing her latest purchase,
a new lipstick,
and she doesn’t see
the oncoming bus
bearing down on her.
This poem is part of a collection titled ‘Learning Curve’ by Gary Beck, which until now has remained an unpublished collection concerned with the decline of Western civilization, as leading figures struggle with the issues of our times.
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