God! the cramp in her arm <br />Must be awful, <br />Certainly, it soon will be <br />If she holds her book <br />As if she were <br />A Praying Mantis. <br />'The Psycho-Social <br />Something Or Other <br />Of Such-And-Such' - never! <br />Dead givaway that! <br />The Sun, and a Frederick Forsythe <br />Novel jammed between thigh, <br />And arm-rest. <br />Nothing very psycho-social about them. <br />Silly bugger! <br />She is making everyone in the <br />Compartment uncomfortable. <br /> <br />Who is she trying to kid? <br />I have a mind to check <br />With the other readers, <br />Just to see if they have spotted her. <br />Risky, though! <br />Perhaps she is not playing a game. <br />Well, you know what I mean; <br />Perhaps she really understands <br />What she is reading. <br />The thought of it, I may be the only <br />Praying Mantis on the train.<br /><br />Robert Wylie<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/praying-mantis-2/
