Archangel Gabriel

Cherry

By Parson Thru

Tue, 03 Jul 2012
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16 comments
 

The Archangel Gabriel
takes to the air
above the tracks
on Platform 15

A hundred
empty utopian eyes
look on from a shattered corpse
And nothing here is
as it might seem

Nothing is as it might seem

The gull stares
nonplussed at the rat
and gapes at the sky
to scream

As it stabs
at the unburdened rodent
and raises its silvered wings aloft
I wander through unknown
streets in a dream

I find myself lost in a dream

I see the bankers
have turned into crooks
as the newspaper
vents its spleen

While their friends in
Government wallow in shit
and join them at the trough
Yet somehow manage to
come out clean

Nothing is as it might seem

Certificate U
Poem
Parson Thru II
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by scratch on
Too right it isn't. But a good poetic exposé of the reality of things. Well done parsons.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on
Thanks scratch. I love your French accent.

Parson Thru

Submitted by scratch on
Don't thank me thank the I-Pad genie!

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on
Shazzam! Be careful how often you rub it!

Parson Thru

Submitted by blighters rock on
Lovely grub, especially the gull's antipathy to the rat. I went to RBS to put money in for my printers today and they didn't even have a cashier. All I did was put the notes in an envelope, fill out the a/c no and sort code and the lady at the desk said thanks and put it through a letterbox in the wall. It felt like such a dodgy deal. No wonder Shred made a packet out of RBS. No need for staff, a need for people to trust the bank, no harmless chat for the elderly, no personality, no character, just concrete and Thai smiles. This reminded me of that horrible bank. I told the lady that I'd never bank there in a million years and then I got worried about what she might do with me money. No receipt given. What a bloody nerve.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on
Trust me. I'm a banker. Yer. Is it just this country that's naff? Answers on a deposit slip, please. Thanks Blighters. What happened to the good old days? ;-)

Parson Thru

Submitted by seashore on
Another quirky piece which has your `stamp' on it. It's all in the eye of the beholder I guess, whatever that means....

Submitted by Parson Thru on
Thanks seashore. Nod's as good as a wink... ;-)

Parson Thru

Submitted by jolono on
Hi PT, read this four times! Yes four times! Every time I noticed something else in it. Brilliant stuff mate.

 

Submitted by Rigel on
Ditto, and some;-)

Submitted by ItsSteveDave on
Nice PT, now to record that onto an exploding cassette tape and send it to Downing Street...

Submitted by Edenfalls on
Really good PT. Says everything yet says nothing!

Submitted by Parson Thru on
jolono, Rigel, ItsSteveDave, Edenfalls and Stan, thank you for your lovely comments. Don't know what to say. Just happy that you and others are enjoying it. That's just lovely. Lovely. I must stop repeating myself, I must.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Parson Thru on
Many thanks eds. Very grateful.

Parson Thru

Submitted by the unfolding head on
another stormer... great stuff! my favourite part "The gull stares nonplussed at the rat and gapes at the sky to scream" very clean, the words move like heavy boats, love it.

ddf

Submitted by Parson Thru on
Thank you so much. All booked. Genuine hotel review: "The staff were very friendly and helpful and when the volcano exploded helped us to find somewhere else" Wicked! Can't wait. Might have been Como. Not Perry, obviously (you might have a 78).

Parson Thru