Sticks and stones(inspired by Ian Humphreys' Break my Bones)
When they looked
in his pram
and called him a paki
he didn't understand.
When the boys
at school
said he was a wog
he ignored them.
When he started work
and they taunted him, nigger,
it stung, hung in
the air like a cancer.
At home, he threw the
poetry book he was writing
into the bin with yesterday's leftovers,
picked up his laptop
and typed the word detonator.
I can’t find the words I’m searching for … 20-minutes I’ve been sitting here staring at the screen. Perhaps I want to know what he’s planning for that detonator, and why hasn’t anyone asked that question, and am I wrong-minded in wondering about that?
No, you are not. I’m very glad that I set you thinking because that’s what I wanted to do. The poem that inspired this is about the positive effect a kind word can have and this set me thinking what it must be like to never hear that kind word. Thanks for the comments.
Hobbo's Poems 
😦 Racism… the race to ism.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well put!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Uh-oh! Well done, sir.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you.
LikeLike
That’s really sad
LikeLiked by 1 person
The obverse of Hobbo!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ebony and Ivory, work together in perfect harmony.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s it, Ulle!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ouch
LikeLiked by 1 person
😒
LikeLike
I can’t find the words I’m searching for … 20-minutes I’ve been sitting here staring at the screen. Perhaps I want to know what he’s planning for that detonator, and why hasn’t anyone asked that question, and am I wrong-minded in wondering about that?
LikeLiked by 1 person
No, you are not. I’m very glad that I set you thinking because that’s what I wanted to do. The poem that inspired this is about the positive effect a kind word can have and this set me thinking what it must be like to never hear that kind word. Thanks for the comments.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, that situation seems inhumane to me.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Absolutely, it is.
LikeLike
Let’s hope he’s planning a detonation of world change.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Now, that would be awesome!
LikeLiked by 1 person