Play for Today

by grimbeau

poet

 

Sit down & pull up a fence…

 

Okay—rain check Day

Two day break from all of it

(Football, Brexit, gardening…)

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Question!

(Serious question eyebrow)

Yeah

(assumes if I must face

clears throat & utters)

Where is all this going to?

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Shit! I though as much

And…

I dunno

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Light another cigarette

Pause

(one last wish before the plunge)

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Hunger?

For what?

snap quick–gobsmack

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Think fast blurt it out

No rashers – Danish

Diversionary tactics

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Just leave me alone

Long pause – dead air waves

O My God!

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O My Giddy Aunt

Things can never be the same again

Not even the weather?

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No – Not even the weather

Shit!

Time passes

Time slowly passes

Can I go now?

Sit down – have a donut

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But I…

Sit down – have a friggin’ donut!

Thanks