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Remembering Tom

Just like cleaning the kitchen floor, The school convention was such a bore Dire Straits flyers preoccupied the walls, As pompous cheerleaders strutted the halls Rosie Garcia such pretentious feign, Was once a friend but never again An island girl who came from Saint Kitts Her favorite snack was cheesy tid-bits Throughout her voice came a complex tone Not a Hammond organ, but more of a trombone Like a pushy vacuum salesman that comes to your front door She had great fame and fortune yet still wanted more As in the word UFO, she was out of this world With her outrageous hairstyle and her frizzed up curl Rumors were she had lost a big gig Reason being she’s such a pig With her boyfriend, I prefer wine and dine He's totally handsome and exquisitely fine Like nuclear waste having a dangerous impact, Two of them together was like a suicidal pact Spandex boxer shorts were the trendy thing, But to tell the truth they were not for spring His eyes they emitted a laser beam Right then I felt as if drifting downstream Unlike lunar craters made from a depression What I felt for him was more than an obsession To think about it she wasn't a big issue, like a easily removed bruise from a Listerine soaked tissue I felt as if going through a chronic insomnia Through hallucinations came a terrific idea I would let everyone think she's was totally insane, And that she had wormholes within her brain Then again she would become total has been Receiving her similar dose of medicine, In the end I would be the one that he adores What can I say than I just cannot be ignored. ©RashanaKing2010

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 8/9/2010 9:52:00 AM
I got a big kick out of this one. "Not a Hammond organ, but more of a trombone." Hey! Stick it to her! Congrats on the selection. Dave
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Date: 8/9/2010 6:02:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Rashana. Wishing you the best always on your writing endeavors. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/9/2010 3:23:00 AM
Congrats Rashana on having your poem being featured on the Poetry Soup home page this week. Please keep your creative caps on, let your poetry pen keep painting your poetry pads with colors of creativity. Thanks for sharing this with us and have a wonderful week ahead. Love always, Adeleke
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Date: 6/26/2010 4:26:00 PM
Winners' circle material..Good luck with this write..Let your inspiration overflow onto the keyboard of our lives..Sara
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Date: 6/26/2010 2:12:00 PM
This is an excellent poem and it flows very well. I like the rhyming pattern which moves the poem along nicely. I also like the line about the girl from St. Kitts who ate cheesy tid-bits. Welcome to Poetry Soup and keep writing. Blessings, Joseph
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Date: 6/26/2010 12:24:00 PM
Interesting! Took a completely different route from the one I did-good luck in the contest!~Tirzah~
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