POETRY

Best

A poem

Christine Morris Ph.D.
The Lark

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A shy skinny lad,
Homesick for his neighborhood
Never caused trouble
Talented and promising

Two years later
We called him Superstar
The first since Jesus Christ
Sideburns, girls, fame

His feet were like the
Fingers of a pickpocket
His left as good as his right
He would leave his opponents
With their blood twisted

Ten years he shone
A star, a supernova
He had class, a gift
True charisma

Then he got bored with girls
So moved on the drink
Gambling and women
Ennui took him

Ten years he shone
A moon out of the night
And twenty years
He took to die

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Christine Morris Ph.D.
The Lark

A life lived deliberately. Degrees earned. Experience. Poet, traveler, living with life limiting illness. ko-fi.com/SharingWords.