my door is always open
– do drop in
unless of course it’s closed
then don’t be bothering
don’t knock – don’t enter
please just stay away
I’m the only one
that I can see today
it’s not that I don’t value
company
it’s just that I’m the one
that gets on best with me
unless we have a row
in which case help
the bottle will come down
from off the shelf
then I’m in no state
for partying
my door is always open
– do drop in
Whimsical. I like it.
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Thanks, oldmainer – not far from the truth (the misanthropy, I mean)!
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Reblogged this on Another Way of Saying and commented:
Ok, the whisky bottle has come off the shelf …
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The subject of the poem demonstrates wonderfully the ambivalence of the reclusive position. Cheers
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Thanks Laurie – also i hope the ambivalence of the term “light verse” which often has a dark centre. Almost always in my case! cheers.
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