Poetry Trip - Uncertainty

The Fiction Dealers venture into poetry.

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This is my first stab at poetry after about 12 years… I hope you’ll enjoy it guys. The word prompt that inspired this poem is uncertainty feel free to join me writing on this word, with your poem or a micro! :)

It sort of reflects the situation we’re in, we have a month to find a new place to stay, and the market is not very friendly at the moment, so it’s been a bit tough. But this poem came from the frustration so it at least brought something good.

Let me know, if you’d be interested in more poetry from me, as it is an art-form I’d like to get more into again. It used to be very important to me.

I don’t want that much.
A bit of money in the pouch
A house, maybe just a flat
A small one, even like a cage
But it’d be ours. A blank page.
Is it too much to ask that?

Aight, bet
Okay, maybe rent,
That doesn’t raise
Every fucking year
Fuck, I need a beer.

Oops, sorry for the profanity
I just hate uncertainty.
Let’s move, change place.
Slow down the pace.
Save some money and face
Give ourselves another chance

Is it smart though?
Leaving our home?

The landlords are nice
Asking us “when kids?”
Never dude, you raised the price
Our budget funds your retirement
After that we barely get a cent
Two jobs, not too shabby.
Still not enough for a baby

That’s our bad, right?
I should make more
Try more
Work more.
That’s alright.

I don’t want much
A bit of certainty,
maybe a guarantee
that we'll be alright. 
A stable couch.
To sit on. To dream on.

Dreams huh? What a con.
Pursue a passion
Do what you love.
That’s in fashion
Yeah, sure bruv.

How can you pursue
When there could be a coup
The world might end
Wars, disasters and nukes
Climate change.
The daily spooks.
All this uncertainty

Well…

I guess, nothing’s certain in life
Better enjoy what you can
I just want to love my wife
Follow the plan
Just a stable couch
And some cash in the pouch

I don’t want that much…

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