Eight-line Poems 2

Common Sense

Common Sense

Common sense tells us all that is known -
or, at least, what once was obvious.
But now it seems that reason has flown,
a thing of which most are oblivious.

For all that is up, we’re told is now down,
and ugliness become the new beauty.
I’m tired of a world that does nothing but frown,
and needs nought but a kick up its booty.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 11.04.24
Prompt: Write a poem that begins with these words: “Common sense tells us…”