Whitewash

Please note this is a shape poem so it shows up weirdly when squished so please click on the title.

We all heard

Humpty take his fall

Shattering glass shell everywhere

Yolk busting out and wise men bustling.

All those regal horses rather got in the way

So that when I tried to put him back together

All that was left of the man was a fat cat licking

the ground where he'd fallen,

 and smashed shards

gleaming white in the sun.

Dutifully I fixed the cracks

 Humpty is now

Held together

With glue

And money

And yet when I peek inside

The yolk is gone.

A.J. Ponder

Not being much of one for analysis, make of this as you will.  Updating Humpty Dumpty with modern adhesives has worked a treat - after all I think it's a bit outdated to be relying on King's horses and King's men to do our dirty work.

A.J. Ponder

A.J. Ponder's work is available through Rona Gallery, Amazon, and good Wellington bookstores