CCCXLII - Niches

One Single Impression has the topic “Niche”.

I had a number of takes on it:

Niches

I

First child has a clean slate

Alone and unencumbered;

It cherry-picks the learning curve

And masters words and numbers.

The next child sees the first one

So gifted, by all reports,

So heads off into other fields

And usually masters sports.

II

He sets his stand up in the street

To catch the passing trade.

There he produces brimming cups

Of home made lemonade.

He’s made a pile of money,

For he has them by the throat:

The lemonade he gives away

But sells them antidote.

III

You’ll find her on the streets,

It’s not lemonade she’s selling;

She charges by the hour

And shares a one-room dwelling.

It is a tough existence

But she has a certain skill.

As she tells her clients

She has a niche to fill.

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© 2012   J Cosmo Newbery

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