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Fringe dweller (rp)
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Fringe dweller (rp) |
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WindWalker11 Junior Member
since 2008-12-24
Posts 41 |
Fringe dweller! Fringe dweller! Where are you hiding? the corporation needs your best productive years, the government has entitled itself to half your earnings, the realtor has a house with cracked foundation to unload, an “SUV” has your name on it on the car lot, the banker’s interest forms are waiting for a signature, the insurance company needs assurance in guaranteed monthly withdrawals from your account, and the church is counting heads to see who hasn’t paid the tithe: fringe dweller, aren’t you afraid of hell? Where are you, fringe dweller? The doctor hasn’t been able to collect your share of Medicare for some time: and who’s going to pay for his new mansion and Jaguar, or don’t you care? The pharmacist stares at blank prescription forms; a whole world of bureaucrats is on hold for you and what about all the others queuing up? Dentist, optometrist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, counselor, accountant, policeman, lawyer, judge, warden, hangman; plumber, roofer, carpenter, re-decorator, baker, butcher, computer, cable TV, magazine and daily news inventors work their fingers to the bone punching that telephone: come on, fringe dweller, what’s your number? Get hooked on the internet--enjoy our services! we have beds in nursing homes and long-term care or, if not, your pension will adequately cover a hallway spot... oh, I almost forgot another gentleman chewing his nails in nervous dread: he’s heard you can now fly away with your body to someplace no one may ever find: that’s definitely not being fair: have you no heart? would you also cheat the undertaker? Come on, fringe dweller return to the fold! So a wolf or two are in charge of the sheep: what makes you so picky, fringe dweller? Come back. society needs you, can’t you see? “Yeah, I can see!” chuckles the fringe dweller, contemplating a changing earth from a child’s hideaway... |
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Marc-Andre Senior Member
since 2008-12-07
Posts 501 |
WindWalker, I've enjoyed this poem. It's blunt style, colloquial language and lists are all used effectively in your piece. Mark |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
This would be hilarious if it wasn't so true, WW. Well done. Ida |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Power to the Fringes!  |
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