JUST ME

Poem for Today - February 10, 2014

SELF-PORTRAIT

Last Sunday morning,

Sitting on the tram

I found myself beside a priest,

A fat and gloomy man.
I looked over his shoulder
And I read “Nunquam”.

Now I happened to be reading

“Les Amours de Madame”

And even though he scowled at me

I didn’t give a damn.
And that just shows you
The sort I am.

© Frank O’Connor