*applause*
If I may. The above reminds me of a poem I wrote some time
back..
random
Shouts your name,
into that bottom drawer.
Locked. Throws out the key.
Stop being
unreasonable!
Daydreaming the year away.
Combs my hair,
in front of that broken mirror,
wiping off the smeared mascara.
All is gone,
but the pink lipstick stain.
I am not paranoid!
The Marlboro burns
the crisp white paper.
Tipping on the ash tray,
waits for the band to play a new piece.
Sits, crosslegs, in that old bar
rejecting all open possibilities,
for now.
I don't owe you any
explanation.
Tossing the red stilettos over the coffee table,
slides into the couch.
Stinking of your aftershave still.
Tears the bedsheets,
strips the shower curtains.
Lies naked on the cold marble floor.
Not going to put up with this
anymore.
No way is that freak piano
staying in the bathroom.
Finally found a use for that axe -
a gift from you last Christmas.
Empty tub.
Never notice the actual size.
Don't go..
Drawing the curtains.
The winter's air smells so stale.
Searching the carcass,
tracing that stench.
Remembers that you are gone.
Wondering why didn't you fix that window
last summer.
You promised.
Bye.
What am I thinking?
I have to change the toilet seat,
the cushion cover, the cups
and the..
Wondering where you kept
all the stamps and envelops.
Takes the hose by its nozzle -
the water rises to my knees.
My rubber duck floats downstream
right out of the window.
Where is the television's remote control?
Hi this is Sam. I am unable to
take your call right now.
Please leave a ..
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Sobriety is not
required.
[This message has been edited by n-ever (edited 14 February
2000).]
