Saturday, 6 September 2025

ABSENT MINDED


ABSENT MINDED

She sang 
And danced
Happily.
She was
Going
On a
Trip.

Her bags
Stood
Packed
Full of
All she
Would 
Need.

Nothing 
She'd 
Miss.

Dressed
In a
T-shirt
And jeans,
She steut
About
Like a
Queen 

The day
Was
Twenty-four
Hours
Away,
The day
Of her
Leaving.

She hailed 
A cab
And got in.
To the
Train station
She 
Said
Laughing
And singing!

I'm going
Away
From this
Place
On a 
Long, long
Vacation.

At the station
She got
Off...
No bags,
No money
No purse.

The cab
Driver
Demand
His fare
And when
She 
Couldn't pay
He drove
Her right 
Back!

Absent minded
She unpacked
Staying 
Where she 
Was
After all!

   FREDERIKA MENEZES 

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