• Not Waving, But Drowning

  • Dec 17 2024
  • Length: 6 mins
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Not Waving, But Drowning

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  • Not Waving but Drowning

    By Stevie Smith

    Nobody heard him, the dead man,

    But still he lay moaning:

    I was much further out than you thought

    And not waving but drowning.

    Poor chap, he always loved larking

    And now he’s dead

    It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,

    They said.


    Oh, no no no, it was too cold always

    (Still the dead one lay moaning)

    I was much too far out all my life

    And not waving but drowning.

    Perhaps you are walking around this Christmas with a happy mask - but you are actually much to far out all your life, and not waving but drowning.

    Then I have a piece of poetry for you.

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