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Missing by Peter Lingard

Missing

Miss Ing is missing!
As in a rose is a rose?
As in we’re missing Miss Ing.
She’s pulled a disappear Ing act,
not work Ing?
Precisely.

Perhaps she’s vacation Ing
or visit Ing relatives.
Not per schedule Ing
Is she ill; perhaps suffer Ing?
That’s not our understand Ing.

I heard she’d gone to Ing land.
England?
Laos.
No need to take an attitude.
L-a-o-s
Oh, I see.
o-i-c?
Our invisible comrade.
The one that’s missing.
Miss Ing.
Precisely.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Peter Lingard, born a Briton, follows Manchester City. He sold ice cream on railway stations, worked as a bank clerk, delivered milk, laboured in a large dairy and served in the Royal Marines.  He has also been a barman, an accountant and a farm worker.  He lived in the US for a while and owned a freight forwarding business in New York.  He came to Australia because the sun often shines here and Australians are a positive bunch who speak English.  Peter (plingaus@bigpond.com) is a member of the Phoenix House Writers.  He has many short stories and poems published, as well as aired on the radio.  Professional actors have performed his poetry and he has featured on several literary chat shows to discuss his work.  He used to read his stories and poems monthly on 3WBC.

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