Yet more poetry
Posted by:
LeonardQuirm (---.dur.ac.uk)
Date: May 26, 2007 02:18PM
Wow, this place is almost getting literary!
Anyway, I came across this poem a little while ago. I quite like it, but it's a bit weird...I was just wondering what the rest of you thought?
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Watching
Who watches the watched?
That’d be me. Up in my ivory tower,
Alone with the real-time motion footage
Stuck up above the rest of you fools.
Everything’s there, every one of you
Walking, talking, living before me.
That’s all I do; keep my eye scanning,
Checking all’s well – but always I see it is good.
Suppose that’s why the few of you
Who see me there think I’m good?
Hidden up here for your safety? Ha!
Who watches the watch?
Me again. Only a bit more time
Until you’ve all gone, left, departed,
Swept clear of this worn out shell.
Should’ve been fun, looking where I want,
When. But it’s dull. You’re dull.
Not long now; you and I both know it.
But even when you’re all gone, finally,
I’ll be back and watching the next lot
Following the same stupid moves ‘til the end.
Who watches the watcher?
Makes sure I behave myself?
Ensures I do my job?
Huh. Fill in my forms,
Gloss over the various problems,
(Only more work if I care)
Ignore my thoughts wandering,
(Pondering what I’ll do next time,
Make it more fun for me)
And I’m left to myself.
Who watches the watcher?
No-one. There’s just Me.
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Sometimes I have trouble finding ways of putting my thoughts about these things into words, so if you have any opinions - positive or negative - I'd be interested to hear.