Those who live and die in poverty
have no less a story to tell
than those with means who are in the light.
for the poor cast the long shadow
demanding a closer look.
Theirs are the stories that like the wild wind
drift away and would be gone
while those with means most easily seen
make occasion for theirs to be told.
Hi Ray,
I like the use of "make occasion for theirs to be told" I have spoken of my belief in the vanity of biographical funerals arranged by the pre-corpse for their own exaltation, The rich are in position to behave in this manner, on occasion even building themselves Palaces.
The poor whose lives are often more worthy and undoubtedly more interesting would be lucky to get a bench in a dog shit Park.
Food for thought Ray...we await the next State sponsored cry-fest with a provisional cringe.
David.
More truth in these nine lines than in many a voluminous tome, Ray.
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raypool
Tue 9th Apr 2024 15:19
Thanks so much to Tom, Hugh, Aisha, Holden, Reggie's Ghost, Tim, Landi and Auracle for your liking the poem.
Cheers Stephen, I'm more comfortable with less words to be honest!
Hi David, points well made as always in support. It's gratifying to get a last line to deliver, as in effect is a "punch line" for a comedian. I love your term cryfest, didn't that start with Princess Diana as I remember with the rallying call of Blair of course at his most sincerest.
Ray