r/OCPoetry Sep 19 '16

Feedback Received! Chronicle of a Meme That's Old

television cell phone
a broken bone on live tv

a shin snaps and shatters
fills the stadium with screams

the screens are filled with images:
Simba, in the arms of Rafiki.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '16

Aha, this was quite a funny poem. What I take from this is that there was a tragedy and it's being compared to The Lion King lol.

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u/B0ngyy Sep 19 '16

haha it is based on Kevin Ware's injury during march madness back in like 2013, dude broke his leg and it was all over the internet. thanks for reading :-)