Tuesday, December 10, 2013

POEM: "One to Nothing Else"

One to Nothing Else


Round the corner the beat pyramid
The boys are hiding in a field of reeds
Whispering about the slavers and the whips


At the nearest village get some clothes
Blend in and learn their bloody language
(They say this they say other foolish things)


Well we’re fit says one look the muscles
Gruel once a day another shakes his head
Spilled our hearts out they didn't pay us


Diminuated by servitude gone by sunset
Then early to rise the shouting and sticks
Bloody pyramids stuck up like dominoes

Never kiss your dear old mother again
Had a picture of her when she was my age
Tattooed on my back I remember how it hurt


Avoid al-Mokattam that valley of bones
A snake will put a fast end to your moaning
Stay out of the villages better head for the hills

It's rabbits you can't catch just dust
Blocks and sledges and ropes I hate it
Captured years ago can't stop shaking.


© 2013 Rob Schackne

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