Sunday, 17 July 2022

#924 - these people

 





18.vii.22

924

3.198

these people

a little study in zoomorphism

 

you know the kind

 

what can you say?

they come out with this stuff

 

no point

I mean

you can’t argue with them

 

always a grievance

this that

they don’t forget   

oh no

always banging on

always

why mince words

they’re actually a menace

 

scuttle about making their mischief

rats in the wall

 

when they’re quiet’s worst               

 

sneak around

up to no good

never know what they’ll try next

 

no backbone

worms!

 

always seeking attention

that’s what it’s all about

 

and why?

what do they want?

 

pull the wool over

think we came down in the last shower

sly

 

fox sly

 

hide under a rock

and they’ll spring

 

they snatch

snap

think they know it all

 

their houses!

their kids!

the clothes they wear

 

trust ‘em as far as spit

I think you know who I’m talking about

 

and generations of them

they’ve always been like this

taking up all that space

wolves!

 

want us to think they’re just like us

they’re so fucking special

 

people have tried to take care of them

what can be done?  nothing!

not a thing you can do

 

chip on their shoulders

eggshell crew

sensitive?  little petals…

just can’t take a joke

 

they’re laughing behind our backs

 

kind of a charmed life, you could say

and haven’t they always?

alright for them , for their kind

 

it’s embarrassing

 

you’ll meet them

they get ahead

they get above themselves

but they’re still the same little black ants

follow along

 

lift a leg

and sniff

always look out for each other

 

I’m quite sure you know who I mean

 

the stuff they eat

pigs at trough!

the blood in their veins

who knows what type?

 

did I say?

they’re not like us

those dogs!

 

what can you do?

just shake your head

 

prick, tickle

they’re poisonous

they’re snakes

they’re spiders

 

knock ‘em down?

no difference !

 

these …!

one hesitates to call them

 

and somehow I feel that they’ll always be with us

won’t matter what we do

 

these people!

and I don’t care about your friends or relations

but you won’t take offence

 

these people!

they are, I think, a kind of gift –

the answer to a prayer

 


 


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