Monday, May 2, 2011

Let them eat . . . oh, Never Mind

He wore his camouflage hat,
sitting on his stoop,
smoking a cigarette,
and I wondered why he bothered.
He was invisible to most people
anyway. Maybe
he sat there, watching them
scurry past, eyes averted,
hoping to be a beacon.
Flashing his message:
Life is not always
tea and cake.

* In response to Sunday Scribblings

10 comments:

  1. Strange! After reading your poem, the song "Lovely, lonely man" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang came to mind.

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  2. Marie Antoinette could have used that warning. A message for all of us suppose.

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  3. Normally people watching is curiously one way. Perhaps we think we have troubles enough of our own without interaction.

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  4. Thanks Jingle, Gloria, Buddah and Christine.

    Old Altonian, that's a beautiful song. If my simple words can evoke that song, well, that's more than I could hope for.

    oldegg, I agree that is the case, most of the time. Perhaps it would be a better world if it were not.

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  5. I agree with OldEgg..this really tipped people-watching on its head..a kind of mixed message - don't see me but see my message..the title was aptly defeatist! Jae

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  6. I like the way you started this with the camo hat. What a thought-provoking piece.

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  7. Ditto Old Egg and Jae. This is really, really good, inviting, as in it stopped me, and I dove in and came up changed. Others may disagree, but I say that's what it's all about, writing.

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