"The Demise of Common Sense"

Poem of the Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024

 "The Demise of Common Sense"

For some vague reasons,
common sense is no longer
common among the masses
of the population. It has fled
into unknown territory

or bamboozled into hiding
from some extraneous thoughts
that seem out to lunch,
a major crunch to all those
who believe that common sense

is core to life itself,
an elevated skill that has seen
a precipitous demise over time
with the rise and influx
of nonsensical, whimsical thought

processes that have ended up
in chaotic messes among the masses
of people whose thought mentality
has shriveled into the antithesis
to common sense, perhaps a caving in

to a massive hemorrhaging
from brain freeze coagulations
caused by absurdity, idiocy, and overthinking.
Perhaps, common sense stimulation
and training should be taught

from birth with a major emphasis
in K-12 and maybe a major or two
in undergraduate and graduate schools
with a heavy dose of holistic thinking,
common sense injections and seeing a far off!