The Shuffle

         THE SHUFFLE

He seemed to save all his strength for shaking hands

And when he did you felt part of the best deal ever made (Which of course was true) 

But in the end all he could do

Was shuffle.

It took more and more determination

He must have been a strong man ,

But then, he was following a strong man

And he’d learned a thing or two.

No one saw the last shuffle

But with it  Satan felt the unbearable blow

Of being trodden under foot just like a piece of dirt-

It wouldn’t have been so bad

But the shuffling man didn’t even notice,

   His mind was on other things as he danced into another

   World.

                              In honour of brother John Dowling

                                

                              Wilf   2009-02-24