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A World That Was Not There

Felix Dennis
March 2, 2002
Soho, London
Unpublished
Arrow
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I turned to find a world that was not there,
Its pages blank, the quisling air grown dumb;
No sign, no sign, all vanished in thin air.

I ransacked drawers and cupboards, all quite bare,
Each finger now had grown into a thumb;
I turned to find a world that was not there.

I stopped to catch my breath and say a prayer
But lost the thread before ‘Thy Kingdom come’;
No sign, no sign, all vanished in thin air.

I glanced into a mirror in despair,
My lips were mouthing out ‘fee fi fo fum’;
I turned to find a world that was not there.

I panicked, fled the room and down the stair,
Outside, no trumpets blared, no cymbaled drum;
No sign, no sign, all vanished in thin air.

I joined the throng of those who’d ceased to care,
Our memories now fading, hearts grown numb.
I turned to find a world that was not there;
No sign, no sign, all vanished in thin air.