Usain Bolt Poem by Brian Taylor

Usain Bolt

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Usain Bolt ran exactly 100 metres.
To be there before the others.
Josef Klein ran exactly 100 metres.
To catch a bus.

Usain Bolt won
and is engulfed by cameramen
in Beijing.
Josef Klein missed the bus
and is slumped on a bench by a bus stop
in Clapham.

Usain is recognised by everyone world-wide
and lives in luxury everywhere.
Josef is unrecognised by neighbours
in a block of Council Flats in Clapham.

Usain Bolt is an entertainer.
Josef Klein is a retired refuse collector.

Exactly 100 metres is exactly 100 metres.

Usain Bolt
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: running
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Martin Juchem 29 August 2015

Compassion from deep within - thank you!

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Brian Taylor 29 August 2015

Thanks, Martin.

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