Negligence [rev] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Negligence [rev]



Now I know cell phones represent cameras - so I stop
calling mine a watch because it tells time - discovered
how people take selfies - tried to turn to it around and
couldn’t see where to click - until technology revealed
itself; took pics of my infected insect bite, ointment &
plaster - and sent to the Duchess - impressed by my
prowess she replied, shocked by the evil weal with a

Red encirclement; I repent - I shouldn’t’ve sent her
shocking pictures & Queen of Hearts calls a 3-year
old Alice: All Ways Are My Ways So You Had Better
Improve Quickly she says, each word ringed in red,
starting with capital emphasis; as a scowling Alice I
hang my head, I’m not 3 any more - my dad Conan
the Barbarian swears jocularly to kill the insect then

And there - the Duchess plans boarding the bus to
come discipline me for negligently letting a wound
become badly infected; - my family’s amazing, my
son fantasises living near the Duchess to bump into
her with sing-song ‘hal-loo, hal-’ (sung high) & ‘loo’
(much lower) - she’d be surprised - then come sort
us out for negligence in not treating wounds…

Friday, October 2, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: family,feelings,technology
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