Hesperus' Nightmare
HESPERUS' NIGHTMARE
"For thirty-three years I have served in the Legislature. Every now and then, you simply give the citizens what they want." - Representative Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, Mississippi State Legislature **
Could this really be
in all honesty
what this ass's neigh
really meant to say?
Or
did a secret truth
bare its hidden fruit
in the mis-professed words
of a civic whore?
I have stumbled on this path
with words misstated in fervor.
I have felt the blissful stream
transform into Satan's roar!
With erred utterances I have drowned
the hope of friendship evermore!
Like Representative Holland
I tried in the very worst way
to profess my thoughts to you.
And in my very worst way I wrote
and lost your autumn bloom.
I dare not ask for your grace
but, for it, will pray.
** Tupelo Daily Journal article by Mr. Bobby Harrison, 30 March 2016.
Copyright © Fritz Crytzer | Year Posted 2016
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