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A Conversation Over Sliced Roast Beef and Horseradish

Name one, if you can,
and he can’t.
Says he doesn’t know
of any heroes.
Says he doesn’t read those
sort of books, fantasy stuff.
And he looks like a twisted knife
with that analysing smile of his,
the one that always hints of
an approaching melancholy,
and then he says,
No, I can’t name a hero
that’s happy.

Day 19: NaPoWriMo, write a poem beginning with a command and Writers’ Digest “something there or not there“. Image: Odysseus, Bewailing the Fate of His Companions, Begs Circe to Restore Them to Their Original Shape. Illustration to Odyssey, John Flaxman, Date: 1793 ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting #glopowrimo #napowrimo on Twitter