and suddenly, there you were
a flower in an industrial wasteland
sunlight blonde
pink leaves
the years have been so much better to you
than I ever was

my heart skipped a beat
like it tends to do when you invade my thoughts
so I punch myself
in the chest

if you would be so kind to stick to the schedule
and limit your appearances
to my dreams

“Clean up your mess before making another!”
-
“There are millions of dying children on this planet,
yet no one objected when you made me
instead of saving one of them.”
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“Those children aren't MINE, are they?
I asked to clean up YOUR mess.”
-
“You are right, they aren't yours.
But at least one of them should have been.”

I roll up the sleeves of my sweater
every cut an open letter
dear mom and dad, you should be seeing
every fiber of my being
strangled
by the umbilical chord
pierced by Damocles's sword

my only dream, bottled up
and cast into the sea
all the sunlight gobbled up by the family tree

dear mom and dad, I cannot breathe
it's impossible to leave
your love
around my neck
buried
under my sleeve

have to pick up your kids from school
your car is dying for some fuel
you're not free for dinner later
running out of toilet paper

no by all means, don't slow things down
keep polishing your golden crown
you think I'm crazy, just a fool
keep ******* in your pool

I find some water and a tree
look at the sky and smile with glee
keep your gold I have my treasure
every minute is my pleasure

let children make their own mistakes
remove the leash before it breaks
salivate in face of danger
take some candy from a stranger

test result disgorged your future
all over my sense of humor
existence not a tasty treat
there will be bitter in your sweet

power in constructive thinking
I think I'll stick to my drinking
ingesting poison with a smile
a tribute to my lifeless child

good relationship
choking without suffocating

she was a former witness of jehovah
I ain't much on casanova
couldn't find my GPS
flew over her cuckoo's nest

her perspective compromised
my countermeasures plagiarized
maybe the moonlight sonata?
worldly persona non grata

emasculated superpowers
rain man never counted flowers
just kept running up that hill
terminating her goodwill

yes it was something that I said
another joke over her head
obstinacy will duplicate
a failure to communicate

so many times I tried to love her
the gibson to my danny glover
some animals just are more equal
pray to jehovah for a sequel