Sheets warm from the first As the second slipped between Spent and left drowsy Crept off for liaison three He was quite the libertine
blood toil tears and sweat through the haze of history a zero sum bet the hoi polloi ante up aristocrats take the skim
Every other stride brings my bane in a purple haze of pain
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds makes my eyes all misty with franchise memories
libertine geese fly off into the misty gray instinct driven haze
Choo Choo Mama: Roll the dice my little cupcake and I’ll recite a poem for you. If it comes up snake eyes you can give the poem a critique. But if it comes up with boxcars, I guess I’ll just have to murder you. That’s how my literary train rolls.
So I wrote a haiku this morning to a Bluesky #vss365 prompt of #yearn as I am wont to do daily.
It went like this:
It always seems that No matter how hard I #yearn Affection is spurned
A comment made on that post brought to mind this song by Loudon Wainwright, III
“Unrequited To The Nth Degree”
Oh, when I die and it won’t be long Hey, you’re gonna be sorry that you treated me wrong Yeah, you’re gonna be sorry that you treated me bad Hey, and if there’s an after life I’ll gloat and I’ll be glad
Might be a plane crash, or some sort of OD Hey, there’s going to be a photograph with my obituary You’re gonna see it and you’ll cry You’re gonna wanna wear black Hey, I’ll be dead but you can bet your life, I’m gonna get you back
I’m tired of being left up on your shelf I might not wait around, might kill myself Not only would you miss me, but you’d feel guilty to Oh, I’d be dead but it’d be too late the joke would be on you
Ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho Chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle Snigger snigger snigger snigger Guffaw guffaw guffaw Yuk yuk yuk yuk Ha ha ha ha…
So you better take warning, start treating me good Start doing the things that I think you should And you better not pout and no you better not cry The grim reaper is a-comin’ to town and I just might die
This song reinforces many things for me. From irrational exuberance to unreasonable expectations. From pining for personages out of my league, while not noticing those that would have been a better fit.
Personal life Professional life Business life Financial life Spiritual life
This song also affirms my observations on codependency:
A Scroll Threw Life 