Disarray
November 17, 2019
Disarray Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Nina Permanter
Disarray (Happy Disarray)
It happened one evening
The fourth of July
My lover went looking
For sparks in the sky.
He hadn’t been gone
For a minute or more
When someone came knocking
Loud on my front door.
I thought it was he,
He had found some bright flash
But instead, it was no one,
Maybe ding dong and dash.
I closed up my door
Knowing it was some quack,
When all of a sudden
My lover came back.
He had him a bottle
Of booze and some cheese
He sat on the step
Then got down on his knees.
He said he had something
He wanted to say
But his mumbling was nothing
But loud disarray.
I tried to stay calm
Tried hard not to laugh
But the look on his face
It cut me in half.
He had this strange look
With a glint in his eye
It turns out he was there
To tell me it was goodbye.
I couldn’t stand there
With him all drunk and dumb
So I went to the curb
And I put out my thumb.
A car came by quick
And I jumped in the back
I didn’t see him nor
His disgusting ass crack.
I was happy to go
And so happy to leave
That the rest of the night
I wore my heart on my sleeve.
Copyright © Christine Bialczak | Year Posted 2019
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