By Misti
Date: 2002 Mar 18
Comment on this Work
[[2002.03.18.21.00.28871]]

Lovely Presentation

you took my two cups of childhood anecdotes
simmered in rum
liberally sprinkled in some disillusion
to taste
wasted a teaspoon of my irony
in the brew
it didn't soothe your tummy
but you thought it would be yummy to add
six cups of my aged libido
I warned you that it would burn
your green tongue
being well-hung is no guarantee
to take on the likes of me but you persisted
insisted on adding a heaping spoonful
of my melodrama
you thought my tears would taste exquisite
with red wine
but like pearls before swine
you gobbled all the good before you understood
what it was you were eating, exactly
then you blamed me
for the heartburn.