What is fair

Posted byPhillip Knight ScottPosted inPoemsTags:, , , ,

my son likes to say
that’s not fair
when he doesn’t get his way
like the universe had impulse to care

fate gets stuck in my teeth
like Sunday grits in a sieve
but under its sheath
tastes like things I used to believe

© 2021 | Phillip Knight Scott

Written for dVerse’s Quadrille #140: Let’s Go To The Fair!

Also Fandango’s One Word Challenge (grit) and my rare attempt at rhyming.

Published by Phillip Knight Scott

My name is Phillip. I am a Tar Heel born and bred and watch every Yankees game I can. I'm still searching for my own TARDIS. My first novel, "The Alien in the Backseat," is available now! https://amzn.to/3oVCG77

39 thoughts on “What is fair”

  7. “Sunday grits” and “things I used to believe” juxtaposed gives voice to the disillusionment that even children have to wrestle with. We never outgrow that sense of injustice, do we?
    pax,
    dora

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  16. but under its sheath
    tastes like things I used to believe

    Great close, Phillip. It puts an appropriate finality to the poem!

    Hank

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