A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Sunday, June 02, 2019

front-row critic

Sometimes, you just want to step
back from your life, make some popcorn -
sit down and watch, spellbound! But

all of the actors would get confused
and the show would grind, and grind
in fits and starts - like it always does

when you try to take a break, from being
you. Their eyes turn

in awkward and piteous appeal
- they can't put it in words,
it's not in the script - can't break
character, that would reflect
on them - they really do

give a shit, sometimes

and you say "OKAY! I was just

hungry for a big bag of butter
and salt, and puffed fluffy
kernel-y CORN. Hold your horses,"

you'll be right there. The relief
onstage is a cross to be borne.

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