Thee Grim Reaper As Pedagogical Savior

(fear not stalwart reader, the sword of Damocles just grazed thy chest when fate found us a place to call home).

to avoid the pitfall of prospective homelessness
which near future prospect 
   induces existential angst i confess.
 
Today i.e. about two years ago (end of rope rhyme rote 
   approximately deux orbitz round the sun), 
i wanted ta die and bid god riddance grandly 
   going gamesomely gra grave, 
   de deum, and cymbal crash

to Bing mulct emotionally, physically and spiritually - 
   all the grinding hardships would be gone in a flash
how tempting to seek ot a solution sans hemlock 
   or other deadly potion, 

   whereby toothless mouth need not gnash
boot simply swallow and drink from the goblet of 
   mortal freedoms renting psych ass under 
   with purposelessness mine hash

tag, which bout with suicide 
   while n the edge of thirteen - 
   Anorexia nervosa defeated - 
   then as now experience 
   10,000 banshee maniacs whip lash

lacerating, flagellating, 
   and repeatedly rousing thoughts 
   shin to circle back to why death be not proud 
   when life on par with a mash

up of ennui, futile gobbledygook housing incubus 
   analogous luft waffe bombardiers quash
the joie de vivre per je ne sais quois spritely spring 
   in step happy jollity, 
   and levity attempt to make light 

   of psychological me's mental illness rash
whence thru the (then) lvii roam min years 
   as chief garbage taster of trash
hurled my way gnome matter 

   the gremlins dwelt within the Wabash 
distance to inflict din er of dissonance 
   targeted this mortal for'er abash
as soon as he got expelled 
   from the womb, his reddened ears did bash
from sonic screaming boom causing astir the nurses 

   into the maternity ward 
   of me late mum sped like dash
her, and fast as a comet Prancer doth emulate 
   a con vixen dancer, cuz ova this rude half 
   re: that came a boot 
   from genetic chromosomal dna wash.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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