Common Abbreviations

freeverse

Et al.
Joined his
Pals
Now it includes others
Rather than excludes
All sisters and brothers

I.E

That is
That was
That shall be
Whether written
Or heard

Circa

World Wars
Sores from the
Holocaust
The true
Cost of American
Slavery
Worn souls
Weary soles
X marks the spot
The pain
In Lorraine

Is what got

The king shot

As his 
Blood poured out
Like rain

Circa again

Alarms and
Bombs
In Vietnam
The pot of
Peace
Was stocked
Stirred and
Smoked all
At the same
Time

Peyote-d minds

Believed that

It was for

Done for
In the name
Of peace and war

Circa now
Rodney King
A ruler with
No crown
More of a court
Jester
Injustice festers
Another young
Martin shot dead
Even in a bag of
Skittles
There's red
It is said
That it is one
Of the colors
Of the rainbow
Cause we know
Those colors
Of injustice flow
Everywhere
Do I dare
Say Ferguson?
Stare and compare

The repetition of history

Takes us there

Et al.

Everything
Has an inclusion 
And exclusion

I.E.

that is 

Circa

All things created 
Must begin

Have an origin

A start, a spark
Fulfill a purpose
And come to an end

Cause in the end

Such is
The circa of life

Author's Note

sparked by a line in Jacob's poem ...circa 1964 from the poem Climbing Backwards to the Tune and imbued from the MLK Marade that I participated in yesterday in Denver. I think Mr. Wickham my High School Latin may like this one :.) I know that peyote-d is not a real word I had to get creative :.)

Reviews

[Jennesis]

We use those abbreviations all the time. Way to pack a punch with this~

Jennesis