PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

all creature comforts set aside

what travels with me what a troublesome task

to take on so I must decide

my HEART

an over rated organ

I think I'll leave it behind for some other

poor hapless fool to find

if he in turn abuses it I won't really mind

he can't do any worse with it than what I have done

so I would be wholely better off by leaving it

with him instead

your thoughts exactly

I know you see your mind

I just read

you know me so well

it takes a lot out of the soul

with all that ugliness to veil

LOVE

where I am going I won't be needing it

I'll only need to be quick on my feet

razor sharp and completely fit

JEALOUSY

Now that can be completely thrown out

of court

those dark feelings and any others of similar

sort

where did "it"  and others like it get me

verbally in in bed neck and neck

naked and shaking in front of the blatent

enemy

I suppose I should clean out my drawers of MAJOR

INADEQUASIES and SELF DOUBT

toss everyting into the garbage

all of it

or there about

should I keep my well honed SELF PRESERVATION

TACTICS

yes, I may as well

they may help me to score a perfect "10" in my

various verbal gymnastics

what about my knack for the overly absurd

oh take that too

it could come in handy Finelli do be most

assured

NO, NO, Not another word

I know I'm damn close to losing all my

brain pressure

who cares when a writer such as me

stops a crazy jumble of sentences like this

leaving the reader feeling like he just got

himself a ten dollar word induced

labotomy................

(written Jan 17,1991)