Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was Cat (September 2012).
The Caretaker
By Marc Carver
Pinter talks to me from the grave.
Now i understand why i could not shake off those words.
Whatever i did, they stayed.
Now i understand why i could not shake off those words.
Whatever i did, they stayed.
Millions of people have heard those words
and they meant nothing to them.
They mean everything to me.
Five years is all it took.
Spoken words to a deaf man.
Now i know, nothing
is by chance.
Wisdom is everything.