Monday, August 10, 2020

Poetry and Hamburgers - poem

Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

Poetry and Hamburgers

Only in Russia is poetry respected –
it gets people killed. Is there anywhere else
where poetry is so common a motive for murder?

-attributed to Osip Mandelstam

Only in America is a hamburger respected -
It gets people killed. Is there anywhere else
Where not making a ‘burger fast enough
Is so common a motive for murder?


https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-industry-attempts-to-address-shootings-threat-training-2019-8?op=1

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/04/fast-food-crime-why-is-there-so-much-violent-crime-at-fast-food-restaurants.html

1 comment:

Verlie Burroughs said...

Good point. Frightening.