DREAMS OF THE REALLY ANNOYING
The room is expecting me to sing.
Why are these ugly, angry people
dragging me to a back table
amid threats of strong drink?
My real audience should be distraught
and not un-cat-like.
Perhaps an admirer will phone the law
causing a preview to the stampede.
Then through the dust there appears
a caravan of taxis,
foreigners circling holding their ears.
Respect these surprised attackers
shocked at their own dawn raid.
Incredulous, needy and most vapid of warriors
dangerous when not cornered,
the next village
absolutely, is not yours.
© Colin James 2010
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Colin James lives in Massachusetts but was born in England. He works in Energy Conservation. He has been published in a variety of journals and ezines including The American Drivel Review, The Ottawa Review, The Haz Mat Review and 88. He is a huge fan of the Scottish landscape painter, John Mackenzie.
Colin James lives in Massachusetts but was born in England. He works in Energy Conservation. He has been published in a variety of journals and ezines including The American Drivel Review, The Ottawa Review, The Haz Mat Review and 88. He is a huge fan of the Scottish landscape painter, John Mackenzie.
