Hello All. The prompt today was to use Metonymy in a poem. The challenge, and it was a challenge, to write a poem that invokes a specific object as a symbol of a particular time, era, or place. (For me; a place, a time, a feeling). Thank you for checking in.
The Circle of Donuts “Gotta make the Donuts” The tired man sighs Donuts = Work, Work = Stressed, Donuts = Stressed “Gotta get the Donuts” The children hear Dad chirp Donuts = Drive, Drive = Quest, Donuts = Quest “Time for Donuts” The happy workers get the call Donut = Break time, Break time = Rest, Donuts = Rest “Gotta make the Donuts” The transitive property repeats And the tired man heads back to bake, at our behest
