Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Hunchback

He is The Hunchback of Common Plights,
Weighed down, misshapen by piled slights,
Uninvited, turned back on and overlooked,
Once bitten, twice too shy, and three times forsook,
Sent to conference-slash-symposium-
Slash-trade show-slash-impose on hims,
Put down, put out, put last, put off and ignored.
Last on every speed dial, they call when they're bored,
and every wound, physical or mental, he's suffered,
He's bandaged back without a word.
He's been used and disposed of, caught and throw back,
and people wonder why he's not much to look at.

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