Now Just a Commoner
The mouse was king
of fright
till the dustpan and
broom
dethroned it.
Now it is just a commoner
in the fields
far from the palace it
once knew
when it wore a crown.
Danny P. Barbare
Danny P. Barbare has recently worked as a
janitor. His poems have appeared all over the world. He has been published over
800 times locally and abroad. Most recently in El Portal, Huizache, The
Aurorean, Columbia College Literary Journal, and many more. He grew up and
lives in Greenville, SC.
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