1984 may be voted the most likely to be a “Groundhog Year,” repeated over and over and over. The book, 1984, by George Orwell, written in the aftermath of World War II, is a stark warning about authoritarianism that holds up today. Unfortunately, the book may more often be used as an instruction manual than a cautionary tale. This poem riffs on some of the themes presaged by 1984.
Made Passable
He came to
His demise
In a frighteningly usual weigh
In a monumental era
Where surreal is real
Common cents is dollareds
A pocketbook of civil rites
As their won and lonely creed
Out orthodoxxing their neighbors
Even odder than odd
In a red whirled
Under hows rules
There is won
Or the other
God forbid!
Engendering mirrorly too sects
Beyond queer
His soul mistake
Under standing
Conscience as herd
Totally funked
And defunct
At the same time
Made passable
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