Puppets is a poem written by Lynn White and shared with The Ugly Writers under our July theme called Entropy: Overcoming Destruction
Puppets
The puppets are drowning now
their useful time has passed.
They were always made
to become shadows
to be discarded
by the string pullers
when the audience was seated.
The glove puppets and sock puppets
are floating away
already
tumbling like clowns
in the waves
and soon
even the shadow puppets will vanish
maybe then
the puppeteers will reveal themselves
put their power on display
temporarily.
For soon it will be time
for them to change
their shape
and re-emerge
to find new clowns,
new clowns to seduce the audience.
Check out another entry from Lynn White for the theme Entropy: Overcoming Destruction
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