No Heat In The Kitchen Poem by Terence George Craddock

Richard A. Doer
Richard proclaims
''I am a doer''

Richard sits
in judgment
over John

John turns
the electric oven
on to heat

zero degrees cold
in art kitchen plebs
are serf assigned to...

Richard sits
presumably enjoys
the heat then next

day warmth of night over
complains John leaves
the oven on John does

not have to pay for the electricity

neither does king richard
who previous night sat
content enjoying kitchen heat...

fade into next future scene
Richard is sprawled on lounge floor
of lounge log burning fire open

sketching enjoying the warmth
camera pan out shift to scene upstairs
his light is left on again in his

room for hours
degrees of difference
in use of electricity? ...

John was actually ingeniously
heating cold zero degree kitchen
while he was actually in it

others were also enjoying the heat
Richard's empty room hours empty
nightly light left on no one there

who really is wasting electricity
what is the long term quantity
of actual wastage the court

is not out long
deciding on this one
and judgment ruled was? ...


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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