why don't badgers wear watches?

[heslopian]

so here I am again,
debating my existential angst
with a goddamned computer screen.

the only animal aware of its mortality,
inventor of the concept of time,
some would call us pioneers,
and some would disagree.

wiping my arse at 2:30am,
sore and aching and depressed,
I'd have to choose the latter camp.

[srijantje]

camp as in gay?

[heslopian]

camp as in gay?

Are you joking?

[srijantje]

sorry,i was trying to liven up the poetry section

[heslopian]

sorry,i was trying to liven up the poetry section

Ah, I see. I was worried you were serious!

[srijantje]

i liked the poem,though

[heslopian]

i liked the poem,though

Thanks

[billy]

so here I am again,
debating my existential angst
with a goddamned computer screen.

the only animal aware of its mortality,
inventor of the concept of time,
some would call us pioneers,
and some would disagree.

wiping my arse at 2:30am,
sore and aching and depressed,
I'd have to choose the latter camp.

i laughed at this one.

i'm struggling to connect the badger to the poem but some how that makes it even better.

thanks for the read jack

[heslopian]

Thanks for the feedback, Billy The title was sort of inspired by "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", a Philip K. Dick science fiction novel. I don't why, but "badgers" was the first thing which popped into my head. I did think of changing it to "why don't animals wear watches?", but I liked the idea of going with my original thought, no matter abstract it was.
Glad you laughed at this I was going for a bleak, depressing humour.

[Lawrence]

I thought "badger" as a pun.