LEAD


Be in the lead,
stay in front,
go forward,
be the leader
of the pack,
the country,
whatever
group you’re part of.
Don’t be amongst the led
the ones who sink like lead
down into the abyss low as they can get.

But that’s where leaders lead us
ultimately
hanging on
a plumb line
into the depths
where they told us
we’d feast on plump plums for tea
down there
in the abyss,
but I doubt it,
there’ll be nothing there for the led.


double meanings
May 2024  -  Issue #322


https://poetsonline.org/archive/arch_doublemeanings.html

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