Sunday, April 3, 2011

"PAR-FOR-THE-COURSE"

Somtimes it helps to rave.
 ...Don't mind me... no-one else did!


The cat's on the counter drinking my smoothie,
Right from the glass, no less.
There's nothing so odd about seeing it happen;
It's par-for-the-course when you live in a mess.


Ah, the believer
I used to be...
What the hell happened
to her that was me?


For all of my effort it's still a bother -
So ineffective, I.
There's nothing so odd about seeing it happen;
It's par-for-the-course but it still makes me cry.


Ah, the achiever
I used to be...
What the hell happened
to her that was me?


                      ~:~:~
...Just what was the matter when I expected
Someone to share the grief?
I thought my "friends" would return my favors...
Being alone is my only relief.

                      ~:~:~

So much for being a selfless giver -
Backfired right up my a**.
There's nothing so odd about seeing it happen;
It's par-for-the-course if your "friends" are that crass...
It's par for the course when your friends have no class.

                          
...Just what was the matter when I expected
Someone to share the grief?
I thought my "friends" would return my favors...
Being alone is my only relief.

                     
Ah, the believer
I used to be...
What the hell happened
to her that was me?

             


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1 comment:

  1. A heck of a good piece of poetry!
    So much akin to me, (and probably 'fahsends' of 'ovvers' - like wot a cockerney might say.
    (Only if born within the sound of Bow Bells).
    Well written, jolly enjoyable.
    Phil H.

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