I feel like a suitcase

they fill me up with just about
as much as I can take
then they put some more in
and they wonder why I break
and they stick labels on me
 
John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses" 



Lament of a glasses case

you go out to do a full-day's work
I remain shut up and empty
my job is looking after you
I do it very well
and yet you never return with open arms
 
John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses"



Poem about losing my glasses

the place is unfamiliar
my face is bare
I've mislaid my glasses
I've looked in my glasses case
but they're not there
and I need my glasses
to find my glasses
but I'll be alright
I've got a spare pair
 
somewhere
 
John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses"



God is dog

in the beginning was the dog
the real name for Jehovah is Rover
Adam's rib is buried in the garden
 
John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses"



York

I went to the Railway Museum
in York
there were plenty of trains
but it was quicker to walk
 
John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses"



Lent

Lent is meant
to be spent fasting
in remembrance
of the Lord lasting
six weeks without a decent meal
six weeks in the desert
without any dinner
without any dessert
and without any tent
but he saved on rent
and before he went
he ate plenty of pancakes
 
John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses"



He's in love with a brown paper bag

his mother she was disappointed
it's not exactly what she had in mind
but eventually she came to accept it
how could a mother reject it
he's in love and love isn't easy to Find
people stop and people stare
people say they're a crazy pair
but there's many a crazy scene
between a husband and a wife
he found it by a market stall
it's a bit screwed up but aren't we all
an empty bag is better than an empty life
and he doesn't mind if you caress
his little scrap of happiness
he's in love but he doesn't want to possess
and one day he came up to me
he held the bag so tenderly
and he held it out to me
and I said thanks a lot
but I don't think I could cope
I've already got a steady relationship
with a light blue envelope
it was nice of you to offer though
 
John Hegley
from "Glad to wear Glasses"