Jeffrey And The Town In Trouble

• Christopher Manganas, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2018

There once was a boy named Jeffrey,
Whose future was looking quite grim,
His town was not ordinary,
Suffering and pain was their thing.
One day, Jeffrey stood up to the whole town,
“Why are you full of sadness?
Why have you all got such large frowns?
We used to be close, like magnets!”
The town’s people mocked him for this,
They could not and would not give in
They started to yell and even hiss,
He was chased to his house, and locked in.
They then realised the problem,
Wasn’t Jeffrey, but was them,
They let him out and they rebuilt,
Leaving memories of war in the bin.