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OBLIVIOUS
posted Wednesday, 9 July 2008
OBLIVIOUS
He was screaming in the street
his right sole flapping on his feet.
The tourists looked away
they didn't want to ruin their holiday.
I was as guilty as the rest
and thought only of what was the best
for me.
Then when my conscience kicked me in the butt
and I approached him
and asked if I could help
and only elicited another screeching yelp.
He looked at me with terror in his eyes,
and shrank from me in fear
and screamed again
and eluded my touch after many tries.
I looked around
and noticed the studied indifference
as they raised their cameras
to get the heartrending scene
as if we were something quite strange and obscene
and in my head
rang something starkly obvious
it was as if this wasn't real
and they could hide their shame
and be
oblivious.
JWL
copyright 09/07/2008
all rights reserved
He was screaming in the street
his right sole flapping on his feet.
The tourists looked away
they didn't want to ruin their holiday.
I was as guilty as the rest
and thought only of what was the best
for me.
Then when my conscience kicked me in the butt
and I approached him
and asked if I could help
and only elicited another screeching yelp.
He looked at me with terror in his eyes,
and shrank from me in fear
and screamed again
and eluded my touch after many tries.
I looked around
and noticed the studied indifference
as they raised their cameras
to get the heartrending scene
as if we were something quite strange and obscene
and in my head
rang something starkly obvious
it was as if this wasn't real
and they could hide their shame
and be
oblivious.
JWL
copyright 09/07/2008
all rights reserved
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1. idaprince43 left...
Thursday, 10 July 2008 1:34 pm :: http://www.myspace.com/je2medda
My mind is racing, ever been in the situation? Has he been turfed out of
the Shelter after dinner & a bed for the night? Was the meal too rich for
his constitution, after days of scraps or nothing? Has he had days of
remembering nothing at all, then suddenly he is a child again, been
rejected by his mother, did he have a mother to love him..... my mind is
imagining, still his pain goes on and his anger, screaming at all and
everyone. He wears a coat in your summer.. . Is this to happen to all of
us as we age & more and more youth skittle about on cycles, their fat bums
& snorts of superior ......