"We have no choice over what colour we’re born or who our parents are or whether we’re rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we’re here."
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Little human centres.. living here
I just thought I would share a poem, as Wilbur sometimes asks to see some. This poem, and 2 others, can also be found in the anthology, DIY Graffiti: the 8th in the Re-Draft series, which I think can be ordered from this website:
http://www.schoolforyoungwriters.org/Redraft/redraft.html
Alleyway Dealings
A man is gripping
your hand
and unscrewing the knuckles
with a tool.
He is carving your bones
into ivory knick-knacks,
like elephant tusks and
cracked human skulls.
But this is not
a sing-a-long
of God strung songs
and clapping hands.
Or who will marry whom? And where?
No. The church is not open today.
So here
the sinners come instead,
to watch your hands – those nuts
and bolts and bits of lace
as they become
undone.
Watch.
In haste, an old man
wets his pants.
The children laugh
and point
their hands.
Sonya J. Clark
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