Rooftops cold, lifeless.
No sharing. No caring. Dead
metaphorically.

Values depleted.
Hopper’s view of the future,
stark warning. Resist.

Jarring emptiness.
Where were you when it happened?
Democracy failed.

Today Sanaa hosts OLN at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe. We can either post a poem of our choosing OR post a poem related to the image above.

Edward Hopper’s City Roofs. Image courtesy of –   https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-hopper/city-roofs