Couldn’t help himself

the sudden silence didn’t last
for very long – he
couldn’t help
talking
to
her

Realization

the plot was evil, but she had
never even known
that mirrors
betray
you
oft

the trouble was, she had never
been without him – but
then, was he
ever
with
her

the screen flickered, and then he was
gone – she wished life had
a remote
control
like
that

class rooms that resemble offices
where the wild things aren’t
wild no more
childhood
now
lost

fifty shades of embarrassment
each deep enough to
mask any
remnant
of
love

but why is the answer more books
when I can read all
I need to
know in
your
eyes

not
all
tarts are
raspberry
all their tastes vary
in what they may choose for dressing

bad
day
to ask
for favors
her mood today is
cloudy with a chance of grumbles