Best Attendees Poems

On
their couch
through mirror
he saw sun and
moon and all astral beauties glare agape
at them while forgetting their worldly tasks,
claiming they do
their work by
serving
them.


 inspired by John Donne's "The Sun Rising"

Oct. 8, 2020 
Double Tetractys 4 Poetry Contest
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Meeting Attendees
They arrive at seven.
The morning early birds.
Hoping for donuts probably.
There are none.

Two slide in the back visibly late at 7:40.
This meeting ends at 7:45.
One says she overslept.
The other makes some inane excuse about going back home for her lunch.
Same two every week, same excuses....

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