{"id":11671,"date":"2020-07-26T23:46:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2020-07-30T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:07:28","slug":"a-poem-by-winston-ado-kofie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=11671","title":{"rendered":"A Poem<\/em> by Winston Ado-Kofie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year 10 Trinity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bunched up on the shelf,<\/p>\n

keeping to myself.<\/p>\n

Store is ready to open,<\/p>\n

I hope I get chosen.<\/p>\n

The clock strikes the hour,<\/p>\n

people surge through with power.<\/p>\n

Rushing, leaping, grabbing,<\/p>\n

crushing, sweeping, nabbing.<\/p>\n

Fingers flex in anticipation,<\/p>\n

\u201cOh no! This is an assassination!\u201d<\/p>\n

Strong, burly hands grab my house,<\/p>\n

along with their spouse.<\/p>\n

People running, chaos everywhere,<\/p>\n

\u201cDON\u2019T TAKE THAT SILVERWARE!\u201d<\/p>\n

Beep, beep, beep,<\/p>\n

\u201cNo! Please!\u201d, I weep.<\/p>\n

Hustled into the back of a car,<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is incredibly bizarre!\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the distance I hear applaud,<\/p>\n

\u201cIs this what they meant by abroad?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell done! You got some essentials!\u201d,<\/p>\n

This new place doesn\u2019t have a lot of potential.<\/p>\n

Darkness covers the light,<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, this isn\u2019t right!\u201d<\/p>\n

People eating, having their tea,<\/p>\n

\u201cAm I ever going to be free?\u201d<\/p>\n

My thoughts whizz around,<\/p>\n

whilst I\u2019m stuck on the ground.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Days pass by,<\/p>\n

my brothers and sisters say goodbye.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen am I going to get picked?\u201d,<\/p>\n

only a fortune teller could predict.<\/p>\n

As I lie in the gloom,<\/p>\n

I slowly await my doom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is my purpose in this world?\u201d,<\/p>\n

my thoughts bellowed as they whirled.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

People talk excitedly about a new craze,<\/p>\n

\u201cWow!\u201d, they say in a daze.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s try it ourselves!\u201d, they say,<\/p>\n

\u201cYes! Sure! Let\u2019s do it, okay!\u201d<\/p>\n

The door swings open wildly,<\/p>\n

and that\u2019s putting it mildly.<\/p>\n

They reach out, grabbing me,<\/p>\n

\u201cYes!\u201d, I say, \u201cIt\u2019s time to flee!\u201d<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t use me as they should,<\/p>\n

\u201cWeird,\u201d I say, \u201cis that good?\u201d.<\/p>\n

Suddenly I\u2019m tossed up in the air,<\/p>\n

I turn and spin with a little flair.<\/p>\n

I connect with a leg,<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease stop,\u201d I beg.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m ignored and they continue,<\/p>\n

\u201cHave some mercy within you!\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m kicked up and down,<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are they doing?\u201d I said with a frown.<\/p>\n

Finally, they stop, laughing madly,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m bruised everywhere really badly.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I\u2019m tossed back into the dark,<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a football that you play with in the park!\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, I\u2019m used for my role,<\/p>\n

on the stand, used for the bowl.<\/p>\n

Eventually, I\u2019ve got nothing left to give,<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry! Please, will you forgive?\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m carelessly thrown into the bin,<\/p>\n

stripped naked, I take it on the chin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could have been worse!\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m lying as I curse.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I remember the days on the shelf,<\/p>\n

when I was content with myself.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m a discarded piece of trash,<\/p>\n

\u201cIT\u2019S NOT FAIR!\u201d, I say in a rash.<\/p>\n

I cry and I sob,<\/p>\n

as I no longer have a job.<\/p>\n

Soon, I\u2019m taken to a rubbish tip,<\/p>\n

and I\u2019m not happy. Not even a bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you come, I\u2019ll give a great cheer,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEww, no!\u201d I hear you jeer!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So up to this day, I lie alone,<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy am I so unknown?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lying in the hole really does take its toll,<\/p>\n

After all, I am just a little toilet roll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year 10 Trinity Bunched up on the shelf, keeping to myself. Store is ready to open, I hope I get chosen. The clock strikes the hour, people surge through with power. Rushing, leaping, grabbing, crushing, sweeping, nabbing. Fingers flex in anticipation, \u201cOh no! This is an assassination!\u201d Strong, burly hands grab my house, along with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[400],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Poem by Winston Ado-Kofie - The Manchester Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=11671\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Poem by Winston Ado-Kofie - The Manchester Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Year 10 Trinity Bunched up on the shelf, keeping to myself. 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