Broken Marry-go-round
You singing sounds like a broken marry-go-round that keeps playing it's annoying melody
Like someone in pain is shouting
Like someone’s old sneakers being dragged on cobbles,
Like a old bikes chain caught in the wheel of the bike while going full speed
An old man without teeth, drinking water,
Like the splash of paint on the canvas of a renaissance painter
Like a monkey when its hungry,
Like a rams horn being dragged on a chalkboard
The scream of a boy that hasn’t hit puberty yet
The sound of someone gagging after eating two bowls of curry,
Like a swing that needs to be oiled
Like the sound you hear from a pair of broken headphones
Like the sound of horses running on a cobble road
Like the sound of a 100 year old trying to sing
The sound of a marker out of ink, on a white board
The sound of two black Cadillac’s crashing into each other
Like the sound of someone trying to type on a broken keyboard
Like the sound I heard that late night, at one in the morning
When my baby brother wouldn’t strop crying.
By: Bahar Heravi
Grade 10
Block: D
