2014: Forget Me Not
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| forget-me-not by Alice Popkorn (cc) |
I will not forget you
but not for trying.
Your whirlygig antics have
ground my nerves raw.
Thanks for the memories...
urm...not so much...
well, one, anyway.
OK...two.
I guess you were an affiliate
of the School of Hard Knocks
and devotee of the theory:
'you must be cruel to be kind'
for you were generous with your cruelty
and stinting of your kindness.
Maybe someday I will thank you for the lessons
having found them crucial to my future joy.
but not today...
Today I say "Get thee hence
before I slam that door on your behind...
and take your 'kindness' with you
to where the sun don't shine." Read more...
