Accentuate the Positive

The peace talks with Iran have broken down again –

but the President is sounding confident and looking well.

Predictions promise the hottest summer on record yet –

but at least my little cat didn’t live to suffer through it.

The rising prices can’t be stopped or even slowed –

but I exercise less these days, so my appetite is smaller.

See, it doesn’t matter how bad things are – 

you can ‘always look on the bright side of life!’

Though the world is breaking down in front of our eyes – 

I’m already 86. With luck, I’ll be dead by then.

Written for Friday Writings #247 at Poets and Storytellers United, where we are invited to take a negative concept and turn it into something positive. This jaundiced little piece is not at all what Magaly had in mind! Normally I would  applaud, emulate and endorse her commitment to genuine reframing, but – apologies, dear readers – this time I was caught in a despairingly cynical mood.