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The Costume Box

by Peter Hynes

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Genre: Poetry

Synopsis

This is the second edition of poetry written by Peter Hynes, after Under the Oak. I hope you enjoy reading these poems, and perhaps I can make you think about things you might not ordinarily think about.

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Enjoy this peek inside:

fame and fortune

 

his voice insinuates itself

to repeat his songs

in your loving ears,

so that wherever you go

you see him in your mind

and hear his love returning yours

as the refrain echoes

in your lonely heart,

making your empty head think,

inspiring the realisation

that for all his supposed success

he’s still not really satisfied

nor immensely happy

 

that’s because he recognises

that fame and fortune

have led to old friends

turning their faces away

when they see him on the street

because they can’t stand to hear

how he’s eclipsed them—

not what he thinks,

but which they believe

in their dreamless,

too-frequently jealous minds,

 

all of them evidently incapable

of comprehending,

or perhaps conveniently forgetting,

the sacrifices he’s had to make

to achieve this level of celebrity,

or that he’s serious when he says

that he’d gladly chuck the lot

if only he could go back

to the days when he was poor,

struggling and sleeping on floors

and have his friends’ love again

 

which I would think

is probably what explains

the sadness which has crept

into so many of the songs

he’s writing nowadays

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About Author Peter Hynes:

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Peter Hynes is a Canadian. He began writing poetry many years ago, in high school. His poetry has been published in various anthologies and elsewhere since. This is his first book of poems. He was born in southwestern Ontario. He still lives in the province with his wife and their small menagerie.

 

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