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A Head For Fifty Bags of Cement

A head goes for a laborer’s pad,
After losses to friends at card;
Whatever reaches him he’ll guard,  
As life remains unbearably hard.

A head goes ahead to fix a pad
For fifty bags of cement Andrew had;
For making A Final Good out of The Bad
And seeing to still feeding his lad;
If, in the end, very little shall go mad
After first becoming inconsolably  sad …

But, henceforth, no careless imitation of bard
While with Careful Gamblers at card.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Walimbe Avatar
May 4, 2022 at 10:23 PM
A very thoughtful poem...Have a great day! :)
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