A Map With Britain In The Bottom Right Corner

I apologise profusely for this monstrosity of a poem.

Let’s run away

                She said

 

So they packed their suitcases

 

Filled them with

Jars

Of peanut butter

 

And they packed their bags

 

Filled them with

Pairs of shoes

They’d always wanted to wear

 

                When you’re running away

                You need lots of shoes

                Cos each pair falls apart pretty quick

 

(Souls)

Wear down pretty fast

On the road

 

They left the house

And ate the keys

Each one they owned

So they wouldn’t have to go back

Ever

Not even to feed the cat

                Because they’d given it to the neighbour

 

 

And then they stood on the door

                           Step

 

 

And waited for a sign

 

But soon they got hungry

So they opened

A single suitcase

(They had five)

(That’s 2.5 each)

And took out a single jar

Of peanut butter

 

But they didn’t have any spoons

So they used their fingers

And ate

The

Whole

Jar

 

Presently night came

 

And their parents came home

And the cat was retrieved from next door

And a key was retrieved

From the trouser pocket of their mother

 

The suitcases were put away in the cupboard

(We’ll empty them in the morning)

And the two were sent to bed

Without any dinner

(But they were filled to the brim with peanut butter)

 

The next morning

Was a Saturday

And their parents slept in late

Their snoring

Loud

Through their open door

 

 

They sat together on the stairs

 

Let’s run away

                He said

 

So they retrieved

Their bags and cases

And they left the house

They even got past the doorstep

 

In fact they got much farther

 

Let’s run away

                They said

 

Then once they had left the city behind:

 

Maybe

Not run all the way

 

 

And so they walked away

With their jars

Of peanut butter

And their bags

Of shoes

(And a map with Britain in the bottom right corner)

Author's Note

Inspired by Bethan Martin :P ('Lets run away' "To the south of france!?" 'Yeh... but maybe we won't run the whole way.......cos it's quite far.....) ...or something to that effect :D

Reviews

[Beatrice Mars]

Love this!