The Fan
The extraction fan hummed But ‘hummed’ isn’t quite right ‘Hummed’ is cheerful, happy Carefree bliss
The fan wasn’t happy The fan wasn’t carefree There was no cheer nor bliss But still, the fan hummed
Neil Robinson
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The extraction fan hummed But ‘hummed’ isn’t quite right ‘Hummed’ is cheerful, happy Carefree bliss
The fan wasn’t happy The fan wasn’t carefree There was no cheer nor bliss But still, the fan hummed
Neil Robinson's poem starts with something very ordinary, the sound of an extraction fan, and then stops to argue with its own word choice. The speaker says "hummed" isn't right, because humming suggests someone cheerful and carefree, a person content enough to make a little tune.
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