2:43am: Monday
"2:43AM: MONDAY"
there’s nothing to see here.
move it along.
last night I cried but no one
heard it.
I walked into my living room,
opened my record player and
played Verdi.
I was considering suicide.
I played it as loud as I
could but I could still hear
myself die.
that’s the thing about
suicide: it only matters if
someone cares.
but no one cares.
my woman is gone and
everything is razor blades
floating in the sky.
”you’re too skinny,” she
said, “when we get back on
our regular routine, I’m
gonna fatten you up.”
suicide and silence start
with an “s”.
as I walk on dead leaves
under the sun and wait for
lady death, my woman is
happiest without me.
in suicide, there is silence.
she has asked me to stop
talking.
I still might be able to make
her the happiest woman on
earth.
By: Chicano Eddie
Copyright © Chicano Eddie | Year Posted 2018
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