Child's play
Date: Tuesday, 1st July 2003 @ 10:35:00 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry


Contributed By: vincy

The taxi driver  
stopped the taxi  
jumped out
slammed the door  
raving and shouting  
at the empty streets  
complaining to the Goddess  
of the road  
how he suspected  
this rat of a rider  
of unspoken tyranny,  
how he had been accused  
of not being able  
to elevate.  
Then hastily,  
with a swift gesture  
bowed at the Goddess  
leaving his thumb  
as an offering.  
The morning of the same night  
all the creatures that shared  
extreme deformities  
gathered in the marketplace.  
They were honourable, dignified  
and very much  
into making a living.  
They offered all sorts  
of freshly picked flesh  
from their bodies.  
This was during  
the depression years  
when meat was scarce  
and flesh was hot!  
Certain customers  
were panic stricken  
at the sight of  
such generous offerings.  
Some attempted  
to dip their bread  
into the unhealed spots.  
The feast was brief  
the casualties low.  
No children were present  
apart from me  
& my sixteen brothers.  
 
' Yurusene be adam, yurusene  
durulur mu sokagin ortasinda  
durulur mu be adam.'  
 
& the taxi driver  
stopped the taxi  
jumped out  
raving and shouting  
at the empty streets  
complaining to the  
Goddess of the road  
how he suspected  
this rat of a rider  
of unspoken tyranny.

This poem is Copyright © vincy



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