Having Himself

He read the words,
Meanings were common enough,
ninety out of hundred said so,
and words held the same meaning for him now,
somewhere along his mental bones got tired,
and  he could not read them all,
some he caught and other he allowed to fall,
the meaning now that emerged,
was the one which exceptional ten had,
ten were having fun and reading for it,
but he had a task to do and job to take care,
when he delivered that meaning he himself was had and bare.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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