they howl because I’m gone
they yowl because I’m back
lamenting pets never satisfied
a monkey, llama and giant yak
a river of guilt washes over me.
My chest tightens, my stomach knots.
I can’t eat.?I can’t speak.
It feels better than the blows?
that once lashed against my skin.?
At least the hits explained? why
I should feel hurt,?
why I should be afraid.
But her words—?they leave me frozen.?I want to explain,?I wish I could.
?But it’s like she always says:?“You never know, do you, Ameirah?”
Dissatisfied Dickie sat in the chair to mope
He likes that mood said his brother, he can be a dope.
It’s not his fault said another, he has had a mean wife.
So do I said the brother, but I have had a good life.
To get over being sad, he has to get up and go.
Begin a hobby or go fish salmon in the snow.
Jump out of an airplane or write a novel or something.
Instead he sits waiting for his cheer-up-dumpling.
The leopard, jaguar, puma and lion had their own queen.
Lynx wanted one too; one with shine, sparkle and sheen.
The granter of queens told him he could have one in frost.
He gave him an ice queen. Her name was Mad Grost.
But she is cold and mean, lynx argued to the granter of wishes.
She is what she is, she will come around slowly like the fishes.
Lynx was unhappy as was Mad Grost, who did not like Lynx.
She said to the granter, why don’t you turn that little cur into a spinx?
People Are Unhappy and Dissatisfied
Many people are unhappy and dissatisfied;
Irresponsible and on none have they relied,
Must admit;
Inconsiderate,
And never taken time to up wet tears dried.
Jim Horn
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