Best Bargaining Poems

Use not only a stool
as a bargaining tool.

Volodymyr Knyr
2014...

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unsatisfied with a life 
possessed
by the significant other of
choice,
s/he begins to flirt, to open a
door &
lets in the heart of another,
who appreciates him/her
like s/he feels that s/he should be,
who makes him/her feel 
sexy, who makes him/her feel
alive, who makes him/her
feel like leaving said significant other,
at...

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Oh, dear God, less than one year ago you took her...
his only sister, younger than he is...
                          his wound still...

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A view from the cause, 
alters the landscape in you
I surrender to the earth,
the roots. Purifying the leaves. 
I tell myself, this was not me, 
my music. Still my skin
has the tattoos of pandemic deafness. 
I am breathing through the lips.

My attachment to death
is a...

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A very special treat when I was a lad,
Was going to J C Penneys with my Mom and Dad,
To visit Santa sitting upon his elegant throne,
Hoping my youthful follies with him I could atone!

I'd been warned by Mom throughout the year,
That if I behaved I...

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                Shadows hiss_per, of secret, 
buildup-congealed,
no longer trapped within curiosity's seals.
Oceans of thoughts crash, unrested,
on the rocks and hard-placed
reveal of faith tested, self unmasked.

Yearning souls beneath it's cloak,
in fascination, unwittingly...

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                      Bustling Tavern, din of thieves, 
         prattles sounds, like mini battles
 of Sorcery, at mosaic...

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It cowers in the corner,
newly born.
I turn my spite-soaked back,
riddled with resentment
and pull the thin veil
to sink beneath its cover.
I will not watch it crawl,
but it breathes,
a shadow
at the edge of my own
threatening to merge.
It waits, as I do
for nothing
while I ignore its cries
and mine.
And...

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Would you take a dollar?
No.
Okay. Thanks.
Would you take a fifty-cent piece?
No.
Okay. Thanks.
Would you take a quarter?
No.
Okay. Thanks.

The haggler has no idea how to haggle really, the 
vendor thinks, not realizing she gets more things for
a dollar, a fifty cent piece and a quarter than anyone
else...

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Death came for her on a Sunday. 
I have to fry the chicken for church, she argued.
Death hung out in a closet with mildew and stains.
She tried on clothes the victim would not need any more.
Came out wearing a black leather coat that fit perfectly.
You...

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Thirty-nine and thirty-eight…
Let me get this straight.

Thirty-seven and thirty-six…
How can I be in this fix?

Thirty-five and thirty-four…
Are you sure there is no more?

Thirty-three and thirty-two…
What can I do?

Thirty-one and thirty…
Now I'm getting shirty!

Twenty-nine and twenty-eight…
I don't accept this fate!

Twenty-seven and twenty-six…
I refuse to be in...

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