ISSN: 1941-4137
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Dan Overgaard was born and raised in Thailand. He attended Westmont College, dropped out, moved to Seattle, became a transit operator, then managed transit technology projects and programs. He’s now retired and catching up on reading. His poems have appeared in Canary Lit Mag, Shot Glass Journal, Allegro Poetry, Sweet, Triggerfish Critical Review, Poets Reading The News, The High Window and elsewhere.
Poets Resist
Edited by Len Lawson
August 28, 2020
Edited by Len Lawson
August 28, 2020
Statistics & Butterflies
Stalin was quoting a German satirist’s
fictional French diplomat when he said, “The
death of one man is a tragedy. The death
of millions is a statistic.” Here we are,
crashing between tragedies and statistics —
some bloodied, some hanging on, some observing.
In the story, this diplomat also said,
"The war? I cannot find it to be so bad!”
I’m thinking about the butterfly effect,
how small wings far away can send a whirlwind —
how tragedies are swarming like butterflies.
This poem addresses the cruel and callous leadership that minimizes and dismisses the tragic losses of the pandemic.
Poets Resist is published by Glass Poetry Press.
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