Parable
A man flat on his back
on the pavement,
arms and legs spread,
eyes shut, still.
When things like this
occur I don’t act
indifferent,
I am indifferent.
I look and walk
quickly away.
I don’t want to interfere
in his parable,
or let him interfere
in mine.
*Chris Hardy has been published in the Rialto, the North, many other magazines, anthologies and websites. Collection A Moment Of Attention published by Original Plus. He plays guitar in LiTTLe MACHiNe performing settings of well known poems eg at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
