Journey of Words

Tall Storeys

They keep building themHigher and higherThey keep stacking themStorey upon storeyThey block the lightObstruct the viewWhen all built before Still aren’t usedThey keep building themSomething’s not rightWith so many homelessOn the streets at night ~ n.b. Derived from NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 12 prompt: Tall tale poem. CLP 12/04/2024 

They keep building them
Higher and higher
They keep stacking them
Storey upon storey
They block the light
Obstruct the view
When all built before 
Still aren’t used
They keep building them
Something’s not right
With so many homeless
On the streets at night

~

n.b. Derived from NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 12 prompt: Tall tale poem.

CLP 12/04/2024

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Chris Perry

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