especially the little one." she says
"You're gonna need a lawyer." i says
"Who you?" she says
"Yeah me..."
(there is a pause,
and it is followed by another pause)
"So you want to be a lawyer?" she says
"Yes." i says
"Well could you finish the set up in room 101?" she says
"Ok, ok"
"And no more sleeping on the job..."
"OK, OK no more sleeping." I says
no more sleeping
until i can lift my foot without the weight of the world upon it.
no more sleeping
until my eyes open on a shiny new everything.
no more sleeping
until I've read so much, my eyes need glasses.
no more sleep
until i can buildno more sleeping
until my eyes open on a shiny new everything.
no more sleeping
until I've read so much, my eyes need glasses.
no more sleep
a lawyers home
with books and pages
and
windows made from reading glasses.
"Hey wake up!" she says.
"Hey wake up!" she says.
"Sorry," i says
"I was just dreaming..."
02'
Dear friend,
ReplyDeleteVery nice poem. In fact, the ending was great. Is that your drawings? That is beautiful also. Thanks for sharing.
I like this a lot. I like your use of verb tenses.
ReplyDeleteHaha- I SO empathise with this piece. fantastic!
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