[Realpoetik] Jim Bennett

[RealPoetik Magazine]

*Bob's insight.*



Bob had an idea

He figured out that

The only time we had

As who we thought we are

was now

And when you died

you came back

as someone else

back at the start again

so in a while

you will have been everyone

Hitler and Churchill

A maid a butler

A king and a tramp

Everyone in the world

And because you didn't remember

>From one life to the next

You got to learn about life

All over again

And you could be nasty

Or not depending on

who you ended up being



it was a grand idea



no God or spirit guiding everyone

no everyone just Bob

for all eternity

he figured that each life

that came into the world

had its fixed place and

when he had been someone

and died he went back

to be the consciousness

of the next one along

he went round telling everyone

of his big idea

it's like reincarnation

he said

but there is only me

and I take it in turn to be

everyone

no one listened



he may as well

have been talking

to himself



*Jim Bennett* lives near Liverpool in the UK and is the managing editor of
www.poetrykit.org.  His most recent publication is a poetry collection
called "The Man Who Tried To Hug Clouds" by Bluechrome Publishing 2004 (2nd
edition 2005).  Jim teaches Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool
and tours throughout the year giving readings and performances of his work.


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