Sunday, October 2, 2016

"If This Is My Last Poem..."

the first line wrapped itself around his neck
a quickly tightened noose
to take his breath away

a second stanza slashed down his wrist
like a cold razor blade of verse
and his blood felt cold
too

without rhyme
reason
or meter
he held his pen
as if it were a pistol
against his temple

this was it
the one that would kill him

but he wasn't sad
and he wasn't scared

in fact
he was relieved 

"If this is my last poem,"
he thought,
"at least it's a short one."

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