Somebody, Somewhere ; INGOLDSBY Pat

Somebody, Somewhere
 
A trainee coincidence
in its second year of study,
who hadn't yet created
its first success,
announced wearily:5
 
"That's it, I'll never get it right.
I'll never successfully cause a
coincidence.
So, as far as I'm concerned,
you can stuff the whole concept10
up your arse
because that is exactly what
I'm about to do now."
 
In the classroom next door,
another trainee coincidence15
was about to do
exactly the same thing.
 
Even if we can find some
way of telling them
it's much too late now20
unless somebody, somewhere
is writing exactly
the same poem
as I am now
and changes the ending.25
Pat INGOLDSBY