977 - The Committee Man

For Neil, who gave me line 4

The Committee Man

In a room, I know not where

There sat a man who wasn’t there.

He’d come along when told to meet

Just a warm body in a another cold seat.

While debates drove others to despair

His mind was in a pool somewhere,

Or sipping champagne by the sea,

Or just off frolicking, wild and free.

Until the chairman, the rotten swine

With wicked eyes and teeth, canine,

Asked the man who wasn’t there

A question about some crook affair.

Reluctantly his mind returned

And move the meeting be adjourned.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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