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I KNEW A MAN
by John W Townsend → (All Poetry by John W Townsend)
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Based on a true story. an encounter with a man in a shipping office.


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I knew a man
that had a wig
nothing wrong
someone just said,
well when he sat
at his desk
checking orders
for deliveries to be met,
he had an In-Tray
that was so full
he worked so hard
to check them all.
turning this way
turning that
pounding hard
with his rubber stamp
he would gave it such a thump.
He would get hot
as they day did pass
his head perspired
made the wig slide,
just a little
as he turned
first to left
out of the In-Tray
then to the right he would sway
,
slowly the wig it slid
from back to front
he never ever noticed
what had gone on.
No one told him
it was now in reverse
they did not want to embarrass
or cause him hurt,
so as he left
at the end of the day
he was going forward
the wig
the other way.

 

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "I KNEW A MAN"
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on October 2, 2014
Hah! I like Edward Phillips take on it.

Reviewed by Myra Darwish
Reviewed on October 1, 2014
Humorous and rings true...very few people will be comfortable enough to show support to a fellow human being...thank you for the imagery! Appreciated and enjoyed.

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on September 30, 2014
Wow! John this is a poem about LIFE. So many of us THINK we are going forward but we are going the other way. A GREAT write!

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on September 30, 2014
Hair today, gone tomorrow.
Snug as a rug with Velcro.


Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 30, 2014
That was certainly a "slip of the wig," if I ever read one.

I'm certainly glad no one embarrassed him by making some crude remark. I recall one of my fellow graduate students, who, on a trip, was paired with another one of our students… Italian, with a very nice long black haircut and sideburns on a road trip in a motel. Anyway, he told me that he was shocked when the guy came out of the bathroom totally bald! His secret was out, but I don't recall anyone ever seeing him without his hairpiece again.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on September 30, 2014
It's better to have a wig slip, than to trip on a rug.

Michael D.


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