Click here to return to Humdinger Literary E-zine... Click here to read more Poetry... Click here to return Home...   Remembering Neverland By Scott M. Sparling   We came in from Neverland leaving a trail of breadcrumbs, and pixie dust sparkled and swirled then faded before we could find our way home. It dissolved like the magical frothy sea foam.   Surprised when we turned to find that the trail had completely dispersed from just under our tails. How could we have known that we should have gone straight back into our youths? Why did we wait?   Now the trail is as cold as an elephant’s bones in the cuckoo bird’s graveyard. Ululate tones. We feel so alone when we look at the past through spectacles made with an ancient stained glass.   We cry out for Hook and his pirating crew. We’d even be glad to see Johnny Corkscrew in the hands of the venerable, twisted, angry old doffer we dubbed as the jolly good Shmee   We all were once Pans. We all were Lost Boys. We all had our fun with our glib games and toys. For us lawyers and writers are phony draft dodgers conscripted to serve on the old “Jolly Rodger.”   Now Lost Boys and Pans are the ones we hate so that we gnash at our tongues and curl up our toes. We fashioned our own age/youth bigotry and despise our own selves for our hexed jealousy.   What can we do? What’s to be done? We resent all our youth and the years of young fun. The old ticking croc that swallowed the clock is ticking and tocking and talking to us.   We abhor the clock as its ticking gets nearer. We can’t stand the old man with his face in the mirror. His reflection’s right there. Come with me. Take a look. We’ll see if the doffer is wearing a hook.   © Copyright, Scott M. Sparling   Click here to read Scott’s Brief and Bizarre Bio.   Click the link above to read what will amuse, frighten, amaze and delight you.   It’s Free, offers inspiration and advice others charge money to deliver, provides resources and links and reminds you that you’re a Writer. Subscribe to Jack of Genre, Humdinger’s monthly e-zine by clicking the above link.   The above link will take you to the idiosyncrasies, eccentricities, and delightful weirdness of Humdinger’s unpretentious writers. A laugh, a giggle, a guffaw!   Click the box above to visit a strange new world, where Chris Goebel, editor of Humdinger Literary E-zine, shares tremendous mistakes, clumsiness, as well as—fortunately, useful writing tips, advice and links.   Visit Chris Goebel’s Writing Page to learn writing tips that will help you impress editors and get published sooner.   Click this link to visit Humdinger’s extensive Links for Writers, with resources, fun, information about literary agents, publishers and more!