Monday, October 11, 2021

Not the Throne He Anticipated - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

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Not the Throne He Anticipated

 

Callow and young, a man begins his life

Thinking great thoughts of empires and of kings

Of how in a few years he will awe the world

With the achievements of his mind and strength

 

The books he will write must astound the age

His businesses will corner out Wall Street

His ships will sail the seas to India

His planes will fly tourists around the world -

 

But many years later

 

He writes a doubtful check upon his bank

At the hardware store for a toilet tank

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