If Walls Could Talk, Could We Hear Them?
I Don’t Know. Ask Pink Floyd
If The Wall(s) could talk, could we hear them,
even if they were on The Dark Side of The Moon?
How would we know?
Would they ring a Division Bell that called Animals
to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn?
And why would we go?
Does the piper have A Saucerful of Secrets we spilled,
in A Momentary Lapse of Reason?
Either way, onward we go.
Along The Endless River to the gate
Obscured by Clouds, where we
meet the Atom Heart Mother, who
Meddle(s) to determine which of us makes
The Final Cut.
If I am the unfortunate chosen one,
my final thoughts will be of you, and how I
Wish You Were Here.
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I attempted to start a story for the If Walls could Talk challenge, but got Pink Floyd's album The Wall stuck in my head instead. So, deciding to go with the flow, I penned this poem honouring the band with the names of some of their studio albums. I hope you enjoyed it.
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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It only took a minute. I was sitting at the computer in my office when the phone rang. I picked up the receiver and then laid it down my desk as I went to find the student who the call was for. Within seconds I was back at my desk, ready to resume typing, when I heard the student yelling obscenities at me for listening in to his call through the handset that was still lying on the desk. Sick and tired of the lies he was spewing, I was up running down the hall, ready to kill him. By the time I reached him, I had calmed enough not to hurt him, but as I turned back towards my room, I knew that I couldn’t go on like this any longer. The decision was clear. I had to leave.
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Excellent Cathy! Congrats 🥰
Very interesting! I am a Cannuck also and grew up with Pink Floyd.
Well played, Cathy. Division Bell being my favourite album.
Very Creative, Cathy!! Your sense of humor always makes me smile. 🙂
Congrats!!
Cool idea! I love The Wall. Hearted and congratulations 🍾 on your top story!
Go Canada. Congratulations. I should have a Congratulations stamp made up
Love it! How can anyone think about a wall talking and NOT think Pink Floyd? Congratulations on the top story, we Canadians are really representing that front page today! :)
Congratulations on your Top Story
I love this poetic tribute to Pink Floyd. You ended with one of my favorites. I've written poetry while listening to Floyd; it does inspire!
So glad to see The Final Cut in there - Floyded hard!
Congratulations on Top Story!! This probably won't be the first time I'll congratulate you today!!
Hehehe I relate about pink Floyd!! Wonderful Cathy 💜
I wasn't sure at first so I read it again. Cathy this is really good, thinking about how much thought was put into this. It works and I love it.
This was effing incredible, Cathy. It's an easy sell from the get-go for me because of Pink Floyd. I loved how it flowed and everything fit into place and made sense. Damn, Cathy. Damn, that's good!
This is fantastic! I love it!
So great!
Great Job. I know how it is when you got a song stuck on your mind while writing. ♥️
However it stands with the challenge prompt, this is fantastic! ::
Good one, Cathy! Very clever!
We don’t need no education, but we sure enjoyed it 😜❤️ Great job
Very nice! 🤟🏻
Whoaaaa, this brilliance at its finest! So creative! I loved it!
Very creative ! Well done!
Ahh, I love this idea!!! Kick-ass! You'll get a top story for this one :)