Frivolity Nicholas Patrikeos, Year 10 From dawn to dusk, people drive down my street To work and to money, the means to thrive Never smiling, ever silent, working only to eat And again and again until the end of their lives When they go home, they see their great loves But there is nothing behind their smiles For at the end lies tears and shoves And the children all turn out vile They go down my street, never smiling, never frowning To work and to home, sheep in a field “Why do you continue The Shepard hovers over their heads like a fog with your shal low And then their days end, them none the wiser existence? You fear to deviate, Why do you continue with your shallow existence? to show resistance.” You fear to deviate, to show resistance Nicholas Patrikeos