The Man with Another FaceA Poem by David Lewis PagetWherever
I go, whatever I do He
follows me up the street, I
cross the road and he crosses it too, We
never actually meet, He
knows I know, it’s a waiting game For
I know he knows I know, No
matter how often I give him the slip He’s
there, where I get to go. I
have no clue what he wants with me But
he’s going to have to wait, I
often stop, and he walks on by Or
I hide by the garden gate, Then
just when I think the coast is clear He
pops up, out of the blue, Or
reads the paper and catches the bus, Just
as I catch it, too. I
try to pretend that he isn’t there That
I’m sitting quite on my own, I
don’t know whether he’s dark or fair, I
sit and play with my phone, He
seems to know when I’m getting off He’s
the first one off the bus, And
I’ve often thought to stay in my seat But
I don’t like making a fuss. At
work, I see him in offices That
are off the beaten track, When
I’m on my way to the novices His
eyes burn holes in my back, If
I take an early minute he’s there Propped
up by the factory gate, Deep
in a conversation with A
guy I thought was a mate. I’m
not going to let it get to me, I
won’t let him get me down, I
try to pretend he’s a nobody When
really, he’s such a clown. He
wears a million different suits Is
always changing his hat, He
walks a dog and he smokes a pipe And
he changes, just like that! I
thought I’d go to the police one day To
say he was stalking me, They
asked for a brief description, and I
said he was hard to see. ‘Just
give the colour of hair and eyes So
that we can put on a trace.’ ‘He’s
always changing, he lives in lies, He’s
the Man with Another Face!’ I
saw the look that he gave the man Who
was slinking down in the hall, I
knew that I’d never be free of him Surrounding
me, wall to wall. They
put me here in a padded cell Where
at least I’m on my own, But
I still feel ill when he opens the grill And
his eyes burn through to the bone. David
Lewis Paget © 2013 David Lewis PagetFeatured Review
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