THE MEGAPHONE

Found poem from William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

Pages: 6-17, 45-53, 91-101

The megaphone?

The man with the megaphone?

Where's the man?

Silent, a gleaming tusk

fading pink,  spiral twist, covered 

embossed, delicate

right to speak

beginnings of power, shaking the mountain

calling an assembly 

I've got the conch

I've got the conch

Link with the world of Authority? 

Cradling the conch, cradling 

Take the Conch

The conch, he began to blow

savages appeared, they carried spears

moving among the trees

Mock hunting, hysterical laughter 

real terror 

Stop a minute!

right to speak

beginnings of power, shaking the mountain

calling an assembly...

He's got the Conch!


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