PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

            

              By



Richard Haesche





Pondful of creatures

lazing in midday sun

unmindful of the world above.



Neither seeing or hearing

nor knowing,

nor caring,

but lazing away

in carefree repast.



The world above

full of beat bastards

and half-assed hippies

idle by in lazy contrast

to the multitude of programmed people

cloaked in singular anonymity

and fearful lest they be typecast

as original.



A world of characters

hiding under thin veils

and presenting phony fronts

to the world at large.



What brave souls are these

who would rather die than

be singled out, naked and alone,

and be read,

as a book's page?



Damn the hippies

and their far out world,

but credit them with gall!

At least they've got the guts

to stand apart and be counted.