Friday, November 18, 2011

Living Happily ... After

Here, a fumbling of alternatives.
Dante’s Nine Circles un-numbered,
gift-wrapped, pharmaceuticals
from the local haberdashery.
Well wouldn’t that be peachy!
And you refuse to proceed without direction?
You're right, far too many
have been lost,
shooting from the hip,
especially now with things the way they are.
What? Again?
Instructions will be forthcoming.
Meanwhile, your horoscope will do.
Of course, without foreplay, words fail.
Would the real Joker please stand up?
It was  really good.
Punctuated by trains bumbling through crossings.
The lead-in.
Jumping right to the comments section.
Then the brakes.
Trying to apply the brakes.
Does it matter?  Now?
Now that the best intentions are lost?
You’ll see what I’ve been talking about.
And I could go on.

Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison