magnificent castles of plastic brick
with turrets built from matchsticks
wrapped in a shield of aluminium foil
which ripples when rain pummels
the highlanders who scurry towards
white knights with silver tongues
whose armour can be penetrated
with a wooden toothpick.
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PoetryIn which tiny snippets of time are cut and pasted together. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Poetry #30 (29/01/19) © 2019 evethespy. All Rights Reserved.
matchstick castles
magnificent castles of plastic brick
with turrets built from matchsticks
wrapped in a shield of aluminium foil
which ripples when rain pummels
the highlanders who scurry towards
white knights with silver tongues
whose armour can be penetrated
with a wooden toothpick.