Hyde Park was green.
And Speaker’s Corner was right there.
We went for lunch at
the Hard Rock.
The waiter told me if I didn’t like it,
send it back. It was my right.
His eyes were black, and I was green.
Two teenage girls in London and somehow
our waiter decided
he had a lesson for me.
I wish I had stood on Speaker’s Corner,
told the world
war is not green.
— joystjohn
And Speaker’s Corner was right there.
We went for lunch at
the Hard Rock.
The waiter told me if I didn’t like it,
send it back. It was my right.
His eyes were black, and I was green.
Two teenage girls in London and somehow
our waiter decided
he had a lesson for me.
I wish I had stood on Speaker’s Corner,
told the world
war is not green.
— joystjohn
This one's pretty great. But of course I must now verify my interpretation. (Macoff)
ReplyDeleteI think I maybe just kinda might be getting some traction with free verse.
DeleteLayers. Powerful.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Clear, precise and powerful.
ReplyDeleteLove the repetition of green with it's changing meanings, all of which "war is not..." Well done!
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