On Getting Even

Another exercise in metered-rhyme - these are fun to compose - I wasn’t actually searching for, and certainly not expecting, to stumble onto someone that, let’s say, would - light my fuse, When, almost out of nowhere, I found myself assessing from what - in such an instance - a relationship ensues! Her hair, a silky chestnut brown, her eyes, an azure blue, I realized at once the very least I had to lose Was what - with me a poet - would assure me --- should we meet --- a source of great material --- a most prolific muse. So, naturally, I did what almost any man will do when meeting such a goddess, were he standing in my shoes. Assuming by my showering her with words of tender verse that absolutely nothing could induce her to refuse, I began composing poems, posing my intentions, sending her a lengthy list of - written-just-for-you-s - Never once suspecting her occasional claims to - “love me” - were simply meant to keep me hanging and - but a ruse! Fin’ly,,,after several months of showering her with verse, a friend explained, reluctantly, the time had come to choose How to best unchain my heart from someone this unkind and heal what had undoubtedly received the deepest bruise - My pride! That’s right…my pride. And I was downright terrified I wouldn’t survive the heartache that deception like this strews? But, thankfully, relationships between seductive women and naïve fellas - like myself - are seen from different views, And my old buddy, Billy Brady, volunteered to save me, pointing out some methods that a jilted fool can use To make a TRAMP - who’s led him on - believe he never loved her…gleaned from past events in which he’d --- had-to-do-it-too-s. Just to help me punish her for treating me like garbage…known for disrespecting every girl that he pursues - Billy made a date with her then coldly stood her up…a favor from the group of those that --- just-good-friends-‘ll-do-s. PS: I've now got 4 new Audio-CDs - @ 4 1/2 hours each = (62 diversely varied pieces). They’re listed on EBAY - under - “Mark Stellinga Poetry” - or available by simply contacting me at -- mark@writerofbooks.com -- should those of you who enjoy listening to poems as well as reading them - and particularly those of you that travel - care to be so entertained. (We use safe and simple - PayPal) There are a bunch of my pieces on YouTube as well --- Cheers, Mark