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The Shoeblack
The shoeblack is on the job
bending knee for gentlemen
first the comments about rain
or the lack of, all the same
disagreement may arise
no one knows what may fall
then the earl must convey
politics of the day
opine offered without regard
of lower classes’ principles
still a reply is required
a small offering to the lord
‘cooks are thought to be quite smart
unless the flood distracts the guards’.
© 2018. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20181112.
bending knee for gentlemen
first the comments about rain
or the lack of, all the same
disagreement may arise
no one knows what may fall
then the earl must convey
politics of the day
opine offered without regard
of lower classes’ principles
still a reply is required
a small offering to the lord
‘cooks are thought to be quite smart
unless the flood distracts the guards’.
© 2018. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20181112.
Published 13th Nov 2018
Author's Note
The poem “The Shoeblack” was prompted by a cartoon of a shoe-shine working on an official-looking person’s boot.
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13th Nov 2018 1:19am
disagreement may arise
that's politics for you, we never really see eye to eye
great all round poem
that's politics for you, we never really see eye to eye
great all round poem
