I ne'er got bran did
with a muffin top before -
until the onset of adipose tissue
crept in softly as on cat's paws
mainly every place
within the upper half
of mine once envious physique
Red is a truly haunting shade,
overt hue in scenic garden say,
scent so pleasing to the nose,
early day boost for morale
Iambic pentameter doth not constitute traditional
standard genre for a debtor,
I see no reason with rhyme
why non-conformist modus operandi
cannot serve mode
to communicate pursuit
as computer repair technician
and letterman go getter,
which honest to goodness confession
hopefully affects against
other respondents at least a bit better.
Feelings flood in seismic waves
when soulmates drift apart,
grief already cloaks psyche of mine
the sole brother of an older sister
hopefully out living our late mother,
who lived to the age of sixty-nine
awaiting verdict,
hence the following morbid words I outline.
duped me time and again
inducing yours truly
to question my intuition
mountebanks such as one ace,
who calls her/himself Anita George
she/he claimed we knew one another
based on a virtual acquaintanceship
harking some months back
(despite absolute zero
remembrance of things past)
ineluctably employ blandishments
to cultivate deceit and captcha
another nincompoop to bleed dry,
who second guessed
and distrusted his initial sixth sense.
Quite amazing
the breadth, length, scope
and gamut of ploys
as I sit
in quiet of night
almost asleep
but not quite
somehow it slips
through shadows of time
and space unknown
a whispered hey
somehow a voice
full of love
with longing deep
somehow I know
somewhere they wait