Michael Edwards

THE GUY WHO ISN’T THERE - A COLLABORATION

 

 

This poem is a collaboration between  Coyote and Michael Edwards

and is a re-write  Coyote’s excellent original version

which he published recently here on MPS

 

 

I sat upon an old park bench

and I was unaware

of those who passed by as I spoke

to a guy who wasn’t there.


And as they passed they all gave me

a long and anxious stare

as I continued chatting to

the guy who wasn’t there.


Soon a policeman came along

and said: ‘Son come with me

you’re scaring all these people

with this guy you cannot see’.


‘I’ll take you to a special place

where you will get some care

to help with your obsession with

the guy who isn’t there’.

 


I said \'that’s okay officer

I’ll gladly come with you

but what about the folk each day

who sit upon a pew?’

 


‘You’ll find them in the local church

packed tightly like sardines

whilst talking to another guy

who’s also never seen’.

 


‘So wouldn’t it be prudent

and surely only fair

that you arrange some transport

for me and all those there’.



‘Then you can take us all away

and we can all compare

the things that we all chat about

with those who are not there’.