Gypsy Guy

Cherry

By loquaciousicity

Sat, 08 Aug 2015
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Well, Gypsy Guy would rather die than hunker down in chains,

be ridden south with bit in mouth, or heed the hold of reins.

 

The ruling lot are in a spot, the boss man he complains:

“The gypsies’ soul, I can’t control, my patience wears and wanes;

they will not cede to common greed, which conquers far domains

and furtive spies and news that lies have barely baked their brains.

 

“But in the court of last resort the final fix remains:

in boxcar bins with violins we’ll freight them out in trains

(should one ask why, a quick reply: ‘It’s that which God ordains!’),

and in the bogs, they’ll die like dogs, and everybody gains.”

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Comments

Submitted by scratch on

Succinct and packed full of raw emotion.  Really good.

 

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Thank you, Scratch! Much appreciated...

Submitted by EB on

Didn't expect that ending. A great shout!

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Thank you, EB! Much appreciated...

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Thanks for the cherries!!

Submitted by rosaliekempthorne on

I liked this.  The rhyme was very good, full of rhythm, and came across really natural, not at all forced.

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Thank you Rosalie for your kind words!!

Terry

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Terry, I do love your tight rhythmic clever rhyming that rolls along, but I still don't understand the last line! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Thank you Rhiannon!

The last line is the "boss man" speaking...

He wants to get rid of the independent spirit ("Gypsy Guy")... send him away in a boxcar... to the bogs where Gypsy Guy will die... 

"and everybody gains" is the boss man's cruel, inhuman view that Gypsy Guy has no value (human or otherwise) and 'everybody' will gain by his death... 'everybody', of course, doesn't include Gypsy Guy because boss man considers Gypsy Guy as a nothing... the fact that Gypsy Guy will not benefit has no meaning for the boss man because, for boss man, Gypsy Guy is nothing more than an annoying dog that shoud be exterminated...  

I'm sorry my poem was not clearer... I hope there are no other interpretations that diverge too strongly from my intended thought...

Thanks for reading, for your interest, and for your question!!

Terry