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Gobemouche Boy

Poem by Harry Gallagher

Harry GallagherbyHarry Gallagher
09-04-2022 12:50 - Updated On 02-05-2023 11:02
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Gobemouche – someone who will believe anything, a gullible person …

Gobemouche boy believes one day
he will run as fast as his dad,
be as brave as an uncaged lion
roaming the streets like he owns them.
He believes the ringing he hears
in his head when singing aloud
pours magic potions from its bars
that one day will mould into a key
to break him out of his boxroom
when bears will no longer
crawl out of the wallpaper
to terrorise his dreamtime.
He believes in God, 
and in the power of games
designed for one
to fill the hours between
here and realworld.
He believes there may be snakes
waiting malevolent
at the bottom of his bed
to slither and nibble 
at his exposed toes,
ballooning his foot 
in the wee small hours.
He hears raised voices
and the roaring of the fire
and in everyday moments
he floats away from the room
and hovers dizzy above.
He cannot imagine a time
when a fifty-years-hence 
version of himself
comes back to steal
his power to daydream
and plant it between
the lines of a page.

Harry Gallagher
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Poet, singer, songwriter, actor - there's no beginning to my talents. Working constantly and live blissfully on the North East coast I’m a poet based in the North East of England and my poems have been published all over the place.

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