Glass sandwichesA Poem by alternative_bePoem to be entered in the homeless contest. Since I happen to live in one of Europe's beercountries', beer is awfully cheap to come by and for some homeless it completely replaces... food! Hence the consequences for the character in my poem.
Glass sandwiches
Glass sandwiches for breakfast
Glass sandwiches for lunch
For dinner too …
Every morning at nine sharp
The supermarket door opening
Sounds like a harp
Music to your ears
A 24 – pack of half liter lagers
Takes away your fears
Getting back to your bench
Under the writer’s statue
For you have some reading to do
In yesterday’s paper
Now as a blanket disposed
You take the first can out of the packet
You do not want to make a racket
The beer will take away your pain
Though will not provide any gain
You go back to sleep
Even before noon
The opening of your eyes will not keep
At noon, by the pigeon’s
Sounds you wake
16 cans still to take
To get you through the day
To keep the pain away
After lunch, still 8 to go
Passers by come and go
Staring at the symbiosis between man and statue
Maybe the man is just asleep?
Oh, for he is there everyday
Of the week
He surely will keep
At dinner, when the rain
And upcoming pain
Still bring no gain
No more glass sandwiches today
Suddenly your body stops
As do the nearby clocks
Your time has come
To say goodbye to the statue
The bench, the pigeon, the rain
Glass sandwiches
Took away your pain
But brought no gain
The passers by of the next morning
Notice a familiar figure gone
With the wind
At your wake
No cake
No passers by
Only the priest
Understands the importance
Of the yeast
© 2008 alternative_beAuthor's Note
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Added on June 8, 2008Last Updated on June 9, 2008 Authoralternative_beSomewhere in the country ..., BelgiumAboutDear all, I'm a 46 year old woman living in Europe. My passions are: reading, writing, poetry, blogging, languages, nature, walking, making friends. Curious? Who am I? You can read it all in th.. more..Writing
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