Feasting Upon Leftovers

Feasting Upon Leftovers

Look,

I am broken

come

now and feed

off

what they

have left of me ..

Spent

and likewise

discarded,

I hold nothing

but

the truth ..

Feel free to

serve

me up beside

a side dish

of your

own choosing

and

then lavishly

dressed

with contempt ..

 

 

 

Author's Note

don't chew over these words .. but I dare you to swallow me whole ..

Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Neville,

As an old fart from Smalltown, West Texas, I grew up feeding upon left overs, and anxiously awaiting my chance at hand me downs. As such was our way of life, the way it had always been and, seemingly, would always be ...

And yet, I sense that my shared thoughts, above, is not consistent with the true, underlying, message which this poem seeks to convey to your readers ... I surmise that your true intent is borne of Advantage and DIS-advantage, wealthy and impoverished, rich and poor, and, as the late great American Essayist, Gore Vidal, put it: The Two America's (pertains to two worlds of Humanity divided into 1st through 3rd World Nations of Peoples): Those who have, and those who have not ...

I may well be right off in left field here in interpreting the thoughts and meaning of your heart and mind set to pen of page, but such an error shall not be my first misjudgment ...

There is a most poignant message here to had by all who would take the time to attempt to seek it out ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Neville]

you sir are not only extraordinarily kind, but extremely astute .. many of my most sincere thanks are on their way to you .. and for what it's worth, I have stayed in Fort Worth a while back now though .. All the very best of All Good Things,

Neville

[Stella Armour]

Not feeling loved today our Neville ?
Never mind, some people don't know a good thing when they see it :)

[Neville]

Some days are better than others .. I note the sun just came out .. ta chuck .. Neville
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Some days are better than others .. I note the sun just came out .. ta chuck .. Neville

[Stella Armour]

Hang on in there Neville ...... :))

[Thomas W Case]

Powerful. Great writing.

[Neville]

Cheers Thomas from a most grateful me

[Chris Shaw]

A carcass of a poem. I have to say the imagery your first lines generated were straight out of Africa. You know, left overs are so blooming unappetizing. Good mane to you Neville. I fink the menu sounds a bit off today chuck:)

Chris

[Neville]

.. I quite agree, it would seem that I am not to everyone's taste our Chris & slowly but for sure, I am beginning to understand why .. perhaps ..

Neville

[Chris Shaw]

Oh please enlighten me …. I am in the dark:)

[Neville]

.. excuse me, but I am a gentleman ma'am :)