The Chorus Says No (Original Napkin Poem)

By Connor MacDonald

Will it ever stop?

The chorus says: No!

And I keep going on,

And on,

And on.

I know I’m just a prop,

To be used as though

I’m a pawn.

Just a pawn.

Meanings assigned to me

Put in a bind, I can’t flee

I just want it to end.

No more years on the mend.

Finalization.

The dark hole in us all.

Walking into the night,

Which never ends.

The smallest light can be extinguished,

But it can be relit

To relinquish that dark part of you

It keeps that night away.

For one more day.

And

I

Say

YES!