Seasons Of Guilt

By cre

It rained all day
Teardrops
splashing in through the glass
insistent, in a hurry
splattering
as many dewy little dots
as possible, across my floor
before
I begrudgingly "tsk'd" away the mess
with the pail meant for leaks

makeshift ham sandwich
toasted, on hamburger buns
"we're out of bread" you said
no matter, as i crunched
leaving crumbs on your floor
"your" floor.

little things
like the lake is rising again
straining for that place
it must reach before we will all say
"yes, the lake is high"
and cluck our tongues like it's a surprise
even though
it's rainy season
and there are baby ducks
they don't mind my second rate
hamburger buns

I guess it points to spring
and birth and life
and all that jazz
but somehow what comes to mind
is how birthdays
make it especially hard
to keep a reign of silence
so it's guilt
like a leak, and bad ham sandwiches
and hungry baby ducks
when all I'm thinking
is that your birthday
comes
on Sunday.






*note: yeah, so this isn't my style at all, it was just in my thoughts today*

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Copyright 2003 cre
Published on Monday, March 17, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: grand. different, and thats whats so great about it.

  • Demosthenes On Friday, October 24, 2003, Demosthenes (155)By person wrote:

    definitely not like most of your work. like a perfect conversation with radio-level voices. and the beauty youre known for. -B

  • A former member wrote: very odd. you wrote this poem from outside of the outside of the box. nice. :)

  • A former member wrote: Very different, cool though. Second rate sandwiches aren't that bad...

  • liquid_emotion On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, liquid_emotion (323)By person wrote:

    wow this was so not typical... keep it up!!

  • urbanhumility On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, urbanhumility (1175)By person wrote:

    i like the drift, the way it "sets" me well done my friend....uh

  • Jonas On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, Jonas (720)By person wrote:

    no, this is quite a departure from your normal style, but i like it a whole lot... it speaks to me of the depression that comes before the first really warm day, figuratively and literally.

  • DarkPoet On Monday, March 17, 2003, DarkPoet (232)By person wrote:

    Very different for you, would almost call this a Sharon piece. =) Scholar

  • A former member wrote: long live ham and crumbs on floors. enjoyed the piece immensely cre Scholar


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