A Captive Uncaptivated Audience
Lock the doors, keep them in,
Throw away the keys.
The minutes crawl, the hours drag,
It seems like centuries.
This auditorium this lecture hall,
Feels like a prison cell.
One sat here and me over there,
A social distanced hell.
Do this do that! Do this do that!
Broadsided in each face.
We are learning absolutely nothing,
A sham and utter disgrace.
Endless speaker after endless speaker,
Downloads chapter and verse.
An audience losing the will to live,
All phoning for a local hearse.
Cold automaton so called speakers.
With no warm greeting smile.
Dear God try to act human,
At least once in a while.
We'll surely receive a comfort break,
To escape once and for all.
Alas no! They carry on and on,
With their deliberate drawl.
Finally we discover there is a God,
As the last speaker slinks away.
Then we're all cruelly reminded,
To be continued the following day.
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Comments
so, you were at some of my talks!lol! love that hear no evil,see no evil,speak much! lol! fun stuff Shaun!............................Jim
Jim if your name was on the list I would pay a king's ransom to attend and listen. And if it's your poetry then a true result!
Thanks Jim for all your superb comments and your moral uplifting support.
Shaun, those drawn out days of speeches can be mind numbing. A good write that didn’t make me yawn to read it. Not like all those speeches
Gwendoline many thanks glad you enjoyed reading and I'm a happy poetry bunny it didn't make you yawn.😂
And some speeches are like pulling teeth and are true pants.
Thanks again and will be making inroads to your latest and always worth reading poetry.
Hang in there and I wish you well
Totally loved thisun what a brilliant creative pen my clever poetic friend ❤️💕💙⭐️
Jill glad you enjoyed reading it and that was a bad day at the museum, they weren't our staff thank heavens just rent a bore.
A dark day was endured by one and all, with no light at the end of tunnel.
And I don't know about clever, I can be a real horses arse sometimes, just ask around!😂
Anyway moving on, how are you!
Thanks again Jill and at least springtime offers us all light, hope and beauty to experience and don't forget the clocks go back this Sunday.
I hope you're well and doing fine my poetic friend and I wish you all the best. ⭐️❤️❤️💕💙
Hi Shaun. Awesome. You nailed this one. Cos is excruciating when you are sat there listening on and on bored and cant wait for it to end!! Aaaahh I've been there!! We all must have!! Whether is a family function event or even school assembly lol!! Sso pinned! Px
Hi Pratibha! And mucho thanks for your great comments and always warmly welcomed and how well you say it and this is a real experience lamentably and frustratingly endured. Thanks for pinning and whatnot.
And your superb Amazon book Tangles and Knots should be arriving this Monday/Tuesday coming just to let you know.
I hope things are more than ok with your good self and the writing and always good to hear from you and I have listened to your 28 minute Poet Talk podcast read by Lisa Tomey and it is just amazing and poetic kudos to your good self and Lisa too.
I wish you as always only the good things and great virtues in life and poetry.❤️❤️💕💙
Your book review will be soon and glowing!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks again Pratibha and perhaps another book in the offering in good time?....
Hi Shaun! You're welcome! This line of comments are suppose to be about you!!
Thank you for taking the time to read my book and my podcast. So good to know I am worthy of another book! You will be the first to know! Whenever you have time I will read your review. It's so encouraging to know you value of poems.
I wish all the best in your writings and perhaps u may do a book?
Let me know if you need help. Px
Pratibha, many thanks and you mention a book, well maybe one day, just watch this space and if help is required you will be my first port of call.
And you are so worthy of another awesome poetry book!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks again and all the best, the poetic best.
💜💜💜 anytime my friend x
I can and can`t sympathise with this, first-year was SUPA and I mean super-tough, after that, I basically sleep in the workshop and it's bloody awesome... Maybe it's a bit different for engineering, but eh, I feel for you man, Enjoyed this one!