Poetry competition winning entries - 2nd place
Posted by Philippa Morgan on 3 February 2019
The Modern Day Ballad of Ruth Pierce
It was a fine summer's morning
And a group of four young friends
Never saw the warning
That would mean their happiness would come to ends.
It was a practical joke
That three of them jumped out as one
Meaning she dropped her phone and it broke
Which wasn't much fun.
They all pitched in to offer their money
To afford for a repair
But young Ruth Pierce was acting a little funny
She had no desire or will to share.
So when they went to the shop
And counted the amount
There was not enough money so they had to stop
And were forced to walk on out.
'Ruth you didn't pay!'
She lied of course, being a stubborn kid
And she just had to say
'I swear on my Instagram followers, I did!'
Ruth's own phone beeped
And to her almighty horror
Karma had leaped
And the teen had left no single follower.
Out of sheer humiliation
Ruth gave up her change
And there was never an explanation
For the Instagram mystery – how strange.