TRASH CAN SHORTS

A Collection of Shorts

       

 

Dual Promises

                I shall promise to forgive

                  my occasional ignorant

ignorent indigenous prejudice

Providing I make allowances for

               my occasional belligerent

                    immigrrant status

And remember that I too

           Just like you (who is in fact me)

                   was once a foetus too

       Thank you (and thanks to myself too!)

 

A Living She Must Earn

A living she must earn

To grow and gain a learn

To champion a cause

To acknowledge and applaud

To challenge and protest

A cut above the rest.

A living she does earn

To work she must return

Her expressions are solemn

Her voice is stern

Her stomach churns

Consumed with such concern

A change is what she yearns

Abhorrence is certain

She Squirms…….

       Experience Wanted

                “I’d like to experience life on all levels” " she said

“Its’ plights, woes, highlights

and perils” "she pledged

 

As if her life were a fable or a craft,

how naive and rather daft.

                                    In revealing the general tedium…

of dealing with managerial self interest and corruption,

indignant policies and regulations, bogus consultations,

utterly qualmish stipulations and disastrous collaborations,

 

I guess this cancels out my hopeful notion of getting a fast-track promotion!

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

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Sheema Huq
You're turning me into a fan of a style and format that I used to find unpalatable. But here I find your driving syntax and solid resolve irresistable!
And have I said how much your lay out amplifies your voice? Incase I haven't let me now say what a delicious treat it is to see your creativity totally eat up the page and feast.

:-)

[SHEEMA HUQ]

very belated, but I'm totally grateful for your comment which I had not noticed until today, with big thanks fellow, creative

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Four very different shorts with different themes but there felt a similar sentiment in them all. A sort of disappointment and anger at life. Varied styles too showing your flexibility and confidence in writing.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

How thoughtful John, I have relied on a touch saracsm, monty python irony and homegrown wit to put this tricky page of issues together

[afra]

another great write ...well done .,...i love ur work

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thank you afra, i'm very thankful xx

[Dr. Wood ?]

more great fun...It is good to take a lighthearted view..Don't you think?

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I felt that some underlining frustations were prominent on this page, interjected with ironic wit