Thursday, September 29, 2016

Kit Kelen 273 - in a story


273
in a story

all these people
who'd rather be at home
darning their socks sweeping their floors
ccoking up something delicious

those in a story
are a little like the poor
the hapless, the displaced
a part of the prison population

one feels for them
and one avows
let's you and I not go there

such terrible things transpire

in a story
all these people
who'd rather be
where they were before
who'd rather be we're the going

every form of comfort eludes them
what can you say to them?

some would rather be dead
than find themselves
in a certain kind of story

but we wouldn't leave them there
we couldn't leave them be

some days it's as if they knew we were watching
but that never lasts for long

they suffer
and who isn't happy not to?

each privation is instructive
every stray arrow is aimed for the heart

in a story
all these people
who'd rather be free
to go their own way

you must warn all your friends and relations
never to be in such a place

where in the world?
eyes down to reveal it
to unravel

the ones who tap at the gate of eternity
just because they're qualified

they'd rather just cosy up by the fire
in the glow of a yarn, or better still, song

they'd rather be reading a story 




 



2 comments:

  1. So true! So true! The terrible things dreamed up for those in a story!

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  2. LOL. Fire the arrow and drop the brick from the roof so true. The nights spent thinking up the ills. Nice one.

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