The Web Poetry Corner - J. M. Hallett - Garnering Little Applause
Garnering Little Applause
by
J. M. Hallett
They gazed upon their pyres back then
grinning... big ol' moronic grins, too
The way dogs or monkeys grin
when they roll their mouths
and show their gums and teeth
They really thought they had life by the tail
Of course, after they read the manual
a few years later
they realized it really had them
Still... they've persevered
Yet garnering little applause