There was not <br />a single human <br /> <br />being <br />in the house. <br /> <br />A month began <br />&...ended. <br /> <br />As if Time <br />meant...nothing. <br /> <br />Finally the aliens <br />decided to make <br /> <br />themselves known. <br /> <br />Their disguise <br />as curtains <br /> <br />had fooled everyone <br /> <br />including the great man <br />himself <br /> <br />who unthinkingly brought them <br />together at night <br /> <br />parted them <br />come morning. <br /> <br />They had observed <br />him for a week <br /> <br />(what he knew <br />about them) <br /> <br />what he was <br />about to reveal. <br /> <br />Now the great man <br />lay crumpled <br /> <br />at the bottom <br />of a deep deep well <br /> <br />in his own <br />overgrown grounds. <br /> <br />The aliens <br />(the Curtainers) <br /> <br />invaded everywhere <br /> <br />living happily <br />among humans <br /> <br />without anyone <br />being any the wiser. <br /> <br />The skeleton <br />at the bottom of the deep deep well <br /> <br />has forgotten <br />it ever was a great great man.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-swish-of-curtains-for-onelia/
