O Divine Matchmaker, pay heed to my plea.
I guard an egress open ajar, crusted by thorns
I guard this world against the odium behind it
I guard this door, not in service, Matchmaker.
My hands, grip on the barbs of this doorway
To keep it ajar, for a glimpse of my remittal;
Of the extant light of my sole soul so brittle,
Anneliese, Blessed with a name so celestial,
Anneliese, Cursed with a burden so menial,
Placidly fostering the lives behind that door.
Anneliese, my only mud-soaked nightingale.
O Divine Matchmaker, answer my quandary.
Am I to serve this world as an eternal Atlas?
Am I to forsake my mud-soaked nightingale?
Is our union ignoble to you, O Matchmaker?
How many unanswered sunsets remain alas?
In distraught, a thousand misereres, I penned
In every breath, I pine to pen a thousand more.
If only I had a drop of ink left…
If only I had a drop of ink left…

I've heard the Ides of March
can be a deathly curse

but now the Ides of April near us
with uncle's fingers in one's purse.

works out fine
if you get some back
you're hurriedly
filling out
those pesky forms
and rushing out
to mail them
that's what
it's all about

but if you know
you're gonna owe
it's quite a different story
and
you're just not in a hurry
it's yours for now
though no cash cow
but
you drag your feet a little
before sending in
your confounded
tax remittal

•
So if,
the stance we seek
never faulters
w/ each & every
word we speak,
"forewarning,"
becomes thee epitome
of an act of kindness?
•
There is
wisdom to be had
enduring life's tests
brutally confronted
resolving impediments
—the "hard" way.
•
Although,
just a single
unheeded remittal
deemed too insignificant
-beyond noncommittal-
until interim's transmittal
[ until interim had dwindled ]
found idle & dwindled
[ docilely ]
any chance toward a repass/
can this recourse
remain unkindled?
[ remised ]
•
Once too little—
now too late.
( has grown too late. )

So,
let the best
Super-Hero(ine)
annihilate.

•
[ finished. ]

{ Take #2 }

Although,
just one single
unheeded remittal
deemed too insignificant
until interim had dwindled
now wide-eyed
from hindsight
acknowledging (transmittal)



-beyond noncommittal-
until interim's transmittal
[ until interim had dwindled ]
found idle & dwindled
[ docilely ]
any chance toward a repass/
can this recourse
remain unkindled?
[ remised ]