May Lost Poem

Losing Your Attention

This free verse poem depicts the frustrations of someone trying to carry out a conversation with a friend who is constantly not listening to them. As the poem goes on, the narrator gets more and more frustrated and finally gives up completely. This poem is written in a very abstract for as underlining is used to represent dialogue or though and bold is used to represent words that should be stressed. The choppy way that this poem was written is meant to represent the emphasis on certain words, as well as to represent the unevenness of the frustrated narrator’s thoughts. Therefore, the poem has rhythm, but the rhythm is meant to be read almost exactly as it appears on the page.

Although some repetition is used, there are virtually no poetic devices used in this poem.

So how was your...

But the final word never

escapes

my lips

Why?

Because you’re

staring

at

A  Tree.

And I’m left thinking

Wow

am I really that

Boring?

I mean

I’ve got to

wonder

Right?

I mean

isn’t the

Inability

to

Hold

your

Attention

for more than

Two

minutes a little bit...

Do you see that?

You’re pointing

I’m rolling my eyes

The tree?

No, it’s

More

then a tree!

Idiot.

Then, tell me, what exactly is...

But the final word never

escapes

my lips

Why?

Because you’re

staring

at

well

Who cares.

And I’ve

lost

Your

 Attention

again.

                -  Rachel Harrison