Best Secondaries Poems
the illness clung like poison ivy to the foundations of her resolve
poisoning hornets injected her wings and she was stung into arrest
Maria did not know what was worse the cancer or the failed cure
the proud woman now gaunt and cachectic stopped to care which
would give her the final release from suffering in dying and beyond
the advent of secondaries spelt the death sentence and hope receded
as a pragmatist she thought about damage limitation and self-control
had hidden a stash of Morphine solution and a few surplus Valiums
a gun would be too messy but 'I shall pull the trigger of a giant syringe'
I need to survive until
Linda’s birthday
Anna’s graduation
my wedding anniversary
have to stay strong for Cecil
a few more days
won’t hurt me
although nausea
delirious confusion
suggested otherwise
she had arranged her final affairs planned a funeral party and cremation
Highway to Hell instead of Stairway to Heaven for she would not change
her atheist beliefs because of the threat of a punitive reaper that disgusted her
after death I shall be survivor in memories only and the show must go on
she remembered
that first kiss
tying the knot
the Harley in India
the memoirs she wrote
saved files and photos on a computer's eternity after the hardware would crash
I -cloud her link to the past and the future an un-changeable PDF document
as much as they can for narratives write themselves in of posthumous beholders
her last concerns were that she'd be too weak to connect cannula and plunger
that kidneys liver heart gave up before she would call in the ultimate sojourn
that somebody deposed the body folded her hands of course not in any prayer
but for she valued symmetry balance harmony over doubt and contradictions
Maria won her
terminal battle
right of her passage
proud in victory
had the last laugh
when the hypodermic needle eased her beautiful consciousness into nothingness
12th June 2021
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"Your enemies know you, as you know them, and truth bears on--face to face ... The Mirror Cracks ... Your friends know you, as you know them, and truth bears on--face to back," by the Poet.
An individual's
persona can be
best attributed
via personal
experiences
whether it'd
be direct or indirect.
The fault should not bear
any guilt by association as
said associates will fall into
the category firstly as family
entities and secondaries will
be entities having a consistent
presence in an individual's life
that might link to a lifetime. So
entry into the pictured flames
still as negatives and yet to be
properly processed are these so-
called Johnny-come-lately's and Mary-had-her-li'l-lamb-swaps in their negative Point of View, see their attributes being threatened as an infection forming on the life that they feel fits into this, --meaning their world best, especially not giving in to sharing--heaven forbid--as an inch
take a mile concept kicks in, such B E
are the so-called contributors they T e t
are the Kiss of Back (a pun on the r t
Death adage). Beware of the Trojan J a r t
Horse that you have welcomed like u i a u
lambs for the slaughter, gullible prey d t y
traitor in the midst hides the wolf a o e
amongst the lambs, celebrating his s r d
salivating salvation from starvation
by idiocies, --in-sync from behind.
#HEY, SAY...
GIMME A GLASS OF ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER, FOR STARTERS...WITH A BRIGHT LEMON WEDGE, TO TAKE OFF THE EDGE!
"IN FACT, MAKE THAT A DOUBLE!!"
NO, I DON'T WANT NOTHING WITH FIZZ,
NOTHING WITH FROTH...
NO SCREWDRIVERS FOR ME, THAT MAY SET MY LIVER OFF...
"SHIRLEY TEMPLES" OR "EASY LIVINGS"
ARE BENEFIT PROPERTIES IN THOSE SPECIALTIES?
THANKS FOR THE CLARITY!
CAN'T AFFORD "DON'T MIX WELL---CAN'T YOU TELL" BLENDED POTENTIAL PENALTIES.
WELL, LOOK WHO JUST BREEZED THROUGH THE DOOR?
HELLO MENTALITY!
HOW'S SENTIMENTALITY?
STILL GOING STRONG, I KNOW YOU TWO HAVE A SOLID BOND!
HEY WHAT'S WRONG...
YOU HEARD A RUMOR WE, YOU & ME WEREN'T GETTING ALONG?
"WHAAAAAT!"
"COME ON' WE'RE FAMILY...AT THE END OF THE DAY,
A TRINITY, INFINITELY***"
I KNOW, I KNOW...
IT'S JUST THAT...
I HAD FROZEN BAGGIES OF ORGANIC BLUEBERRIES, WONDROUS! YET, I REFERENCED THOSE AS SECONDARIES!
BECAUSE, I PREFERRENCED BELOW...
THE DARK CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH CARMEL DROPS...
*PLOP* *PLOP* *PLOP* AND *PLOP* *PLOP* *PLOP*
NON-STOP!
THAT WHOLE ENTIRE BAG...
CRUMPLED TAG!
CALL THE COPS!!! CALL THE COPS!!!
DIVINE MIND, GET A GRIP!
IT'S NOT EVERYDAY, IF IT WERE...
I'D HAVE A PRICE TO PAY!
YOU DON'T DRINK, YOU DON'T SMOKE, YOU EVEN REFUSE TO HAVE A COKE! LOOK AT ME...I'M IN A BAR HAVING A DOUBLE LEMON WATER!!! NOT EVEN ON THE ROCKS, IN JULY...89° DEGREES OUTSIDE, AS A HIGH!
STOP GUILTING! QUIT TRIPPING!
YESTERDAY, "DARK CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH DROPS!"
TODAY, BLUEBERRY BLISS "NOT TO MISS" EMPHASIS!
ALSO REMEMBER..."YOU'RE A WATERHOLIC!"
"AS WELL, WE...US THREE***
HAVE TO REMAIN {SUSTAIN} A UNIFIED TRILOGY!"
EXTRA LEMONS, EXTRA RHYMES,
AND OCCASIONALLY...
BUTTERSCOTCH CARAMEL DARK CHOCOLATIES...
HOLD THE GUILT, INDEED PLEASE...
"JUST ENJOY LIFE, BIG & SMALL, ESPECIALLY...."
*PLOP* *GULP* *WRITE* ALRIGHT...
***RIGHT***
Renee D Gross {GHPPR} June 10th 2023#