Short Spited Poems

She said she’d only cheated once
I told her I felt spited
I asked who it was with
And she said Manchester United


9 November 2022
Contest: Butesize 55
Sponsor: Line Gauthier...

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My relationship with time is often tenuous
although we've never spoken face to face
somehow the two of us are quite unable
to ever move along at equal pace

When I am swift I find the days are fleeting
with dawn to dusk occurring in a blink
In idle times I beg the hours, "move quickly"
they drag so long it drives me to the brink

I wonder if he does it for amusement
tormenting me for some ill spited game
speeding up and slowing as it suits him
for no purpose but driving me insane...

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