Lawrence Sharp Poet Free verse

No Sweet Thing Today

I’ve given it little thought,
but I suppose it will follow me,
and today it has.
Today it followed me,
maybe as I left home 
and ventured to the bitter desk
in my bitter office.
It followed with no sweet treats,
but with vinegar, perhaps,
or battery acid,
inappropriately bottled 
with vanilla milk.
My coffee camouflaged the despair
for a moment,
but fine coffee and vanilla milk
do not follow as bitterness does.
And I know it’s no good
crying over spilled milk,
or vanilla milk ruined by vinegar
or battery acid,
but it might stay with me today.

6th December 2019

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Darlene De Beaulieu June 6, 2020 at 12:17 PM Hello Lawrence Sharp, It sounds like you are having a bad day. Have another cup of coffee and relax. Enjoy your day my friend. Darlene De Beaulieu June 7, 2020 at 6:23 PM Hello Lawerence Sharp, coffee does help to begin the day. I am glad that you appreciated. enjoy your evening my friend.. Lawrence Sharp June 7, 2020 at 7:46 AM Had my coffee and I'm fine. Thank you for visit and comment, Darlene, appreciated.

Christopher Flaherty June 1, 2020 at 2:56 PM Condensed Milk On Velt School because i didn't eat pap Christopher Flaherty June 4, 2020 at 3:21 PM Verseeker Bra Lawrence Sharp June 3, 2020 at 2:47 AM Mooi, kondens melk is kwaai genoeg.

Sara Kendrick January 22, 2020 at 9:04 AM Very expressive work. Creatively penned. Sara Lawrence Sharp January 27, 2020 at 7:11 AM Thank you, Sara, good to have you here, and very pleasing if you enjoyed.

Robert Lindley January 21, 2020 at 3:30 PM That which we can not avoid we must bear with a solid countenance my friend. Life being both the good and the bad of it. The ponderings of a keen mind and true poetic heart! '... A fav.... Lawrence Sharp January 27, 2020 at 7:10 AM Thank you, my friend, very good to see you after a while away, and gratifying as always to get your stamp of approval.

Brandy Nicole December 30, 2019 at 9:27 PM Like a child plays follow the leader, negativity seems to follows us the same way. No way!! I want nothing to do with it. Yuck!! It seems to stay. So true are your words Lawrence. Try to stay away from the battery acid. Just sayin. ~ Brandy Lawrence Sharp January 8, 2020 at 5:17 AM Reprimand accepted.

Mark Peterson December 17, 2019 at 11:17 AM I have sometimes unseeing taken drunk a glass of juice by instead got water—crystal clear, pure water, which at that moment tasted as though it had been ladled from a sewer. But the moment is easily dismissed by nothing more than a pleasant smile or tender deed. So well expressed my gentle friend. Lawrence Sharp December 22, 2019 at 11:20 AM Thank you, my friend, support always appreciated.

Caren Krutsinger December 6, 2019 at 7:17 AM The solemnness of this poem gives me pause. You also use "might" which adds hope. Lawrence Sharp December 7, 2019 at 12:00 AM Thanks for stopping by, Caren. Very pleasing if it has any effect.

Vijay Pandit December 6, 2019 at 6:45 AM It does show up from time to time--we all feel it, Lawrence. Good thing though it retreats eventually. I hear the gloom my friend--tomorrow will be a brighter day. Emotions brilliantly expressed. Lawrence Sharp December 6, 2019 at 11:59 PM Thanks, Vijay, ongoing support appreciated, always. Some days are better than others.