You Came In Welcome
You came astride resplendent
With acquisitions of wealth underfoot
Promising every door and lock
you possessed a master key too
You promised gluttony till never
stop sweating only the very best
cuts of meat
A seat just for i to stand alone
A golden tethered throne with
crown and mistress to follow
You promised adulation throngs
of kneeling crowd's
You promised me nirvana
To oversee
But never once did you tell
me or forewarn me of the pitfalls
Lurching in the shadows in front
not behind me
You stole a march by caressing
both my hand
Left with paper the right with cloth
Under the pretense all the while
that i was in fact the boss
But it was nothing more than
cotton candy sugar overload
That fizzled out once placed
in mouth and bridge the saliva
on the tounge
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2021
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