Karam Misra Poet Quatrain

The Devil's Due

I really should'a read the fine print

When Evil came calling
On a fine sunny day
I was caught full napping
Didn't know what to say.

The dapper gentleman
With a Van Dyke set fine
Spoke in dulcet tones
Like sweet and mellow wine.

My name is I Levi
Very softly he said
I grant all one's wishes
Till the day they are dead.

For power and for pelf
If You strongly desire
Or bevy of beauties
To set your loins afire.

You ask me what you will
I'll grant it with a snap.
There is no hidden catch
There's no devious trap.

I had heard of dealings
With powers of the dark
Of dire trades of soul
Of hell-damnation stark.

I asked of  I Levi
Of what I had to do
Just sign he smiled and said
Just common ink in blue.

Great doubts I had at first
But soon dispelled by greed
Quickly I read the script
Signed the mystic deed.

Great was wealth and power
My lot from that day on
Youth, vigour,  virility
My cares and worries gone.

For full twelve months I lived
A life that Bacchus shamed
Wild, wanton, to the brim
No rein could make me tamed

Then one fine sunny day
While wining with a wench
Came Levi with a smile
And a terrible stench.

Your Time's up, my dearie,
He most cheerfully said
You are now Satan's guest
As now that you are dead.

I pleaded and begged
My tears started to sting
I told him of the deed
Where there was no  such thing.

Softly Levi told me
What that day he had said
I grant all one's wishes
Till the day they are dead.

Your time here is ended
As ordained  on  Above
Your soul will be taken
Your Corpus feel the plough.

I've now learnt my lesson
Rather late in the day
Caveat Emptor holds
The fine print's always there.

I really should'a
Most carefully read da
Fine print then, Goddamn it!

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Lyric Hans May 2, 2016 at 6:28 PM Congratulations Karam Misra May 2, 2016 at 7:55 PM Thank you, Lyric.

Poet Destroyer A May 1, 2016 at 5:41 PM Karam, Congratulations on your win... Linda Karam Misra May 1, 2016 at 9:35 PM Thank you, Linda.

Jean Murray April 30, 2016 at 8:49 AM Interesting. I was just watching clips on Youtube, supposidly of Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, etc, selling their soul for power and wealth. That fine print must be too fine. Well done in the contest. Karam Misra April 30, 2016 at 9:09 AM Thank you, Jean. There is always a price to pay; wise is one who recognized it, and damned the one who doesn't!

Jan Allison April 29, 2016 at 7:07 AM Love the clever anagram of Levi and evil - great poem Karam:-) hugs Jan xx Karam Misra April 29, 2016 at 9:16 AM Thanks ton, Jan, your comment means a lot to me.

Brian Davey April 29, 2016 at 12:16 AM Congratulations on your placement with such a deserving write!!! Karam Misra April 29, 2016 at 12:58 AM Thank you very much, Brian. Your comment means a lot.

John Lawless April 28, 2016 at 9:03 PM and the devil showed up in a Quatrain. Nicely done Karam. Thanks for entering the contest. Karam Misra April 28, 2016 at 11:16 PM Thank you for liking it and for placement in the rankings. Feel honored. It was a great pleasure writing it, too.

Beautiful Scars April 28, 2016 at 2:02 PM Karam, congrats on your placement in the contest :)-luloo Karam Misra April 28, 2016 at 11:16 PM Thank you, Laura. Karam Misra April 28, 2016 at 11:14 PM Thank you, Laura.

Poet Destroyer A April 12, 2016 at 1:33 PM crazy things we would do for Levi to grant our wishes and as you said greed will blind us, darn the fine print lol... enjoyed :) Karam Misra April 12, 2016 at 7:20 PM Glad you enjoyed it, PD. There is always a price for everything and the seller always puts in the fine print. How many of us actually read the T & C's before we tick the "Accept" box? :-)