Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Parasites Are We

Parasites are they
Alive only by the skin of someone's magic
A weird trick that keeps their memories 
Solidly out of comfortable reach
Forcing them to keep their counsel
As one when we they listen to each other
Which is not often


Ice King and Marceline
Barely hanging on, surviving only because 
Of their determination to feel themselves again.

United in their despondency
Losing themselves 
Through their unique symbiotic relationship

Fighting through the wreckage of a world
Riding the crown of their own truths
Neither of them truly
royalty

Parasites actually

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Gershon Wolf May 23, 2019 at 7:23 PM I find this fascinating. I think it should have been Poem of the Day! Can't fathom the lack of comments so far. Oh, well. You know where I stand: All of my thumbs way, way up! Warm wishes, Caren. ~ gw Caren Krutsinger May 24, 2019 at 1:06 AM I read it today and could not fathom what it was about actually, so it confuses even me today. Tomorrow, however, it may make sense again. My moods and days change rapidly.