Another Poem · 2:25am Jul 3rd, 2018
Everyone Needs Oz Now and Again
Oh, no-one thinks you lax
If you sit around all day reading Facts.
But you should see what kind of friction
Comes from reading fiction!
They sputter and they snort,
“I thought you a reasonable sort!”
They snort and they sputter,
“That rot’s stuff I won’t even utter!”
You patiently turn the pages of our brand new sci-fi novel,
But does that stop them? Of course not. They continue that old squabble.
“You’re a grown person now, you can’t deny,
That fiction’s for nursery days gone by.
You’re in the Real World,” they continue, (the capitals audible)
“To read tripe like that is far from laudable.
What’s that? A smile? There’s no time for mirth.
Hard Facts bring you Cash, that’s the only thing of worth.”
And they mutter and stew and claim “It’s escapist!”
As though that were worse than being a confirmed rapist.
And then they want to know exactly what you’re escaping from and you don’t want to tell them what you’re escaping from because you know exactly where that little conversation will lead,
So you pull out another book and tell them, “It’ll make sense if you read.”
And now there are two fiction readers sitting there,
With their nonsense books and their comfy chairs,
And regardless of what anyone may criticize,
They’re euphoric with what’s right in front of their eyes.
-6&7
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