The Yarn Spinner

"Woops" Image @Carmen Ruggero

A Bad Poem

 

You sit in dark obscurity

watching me,

watching you,

and we watch each other

in quiet silence

in the dark and

alone, only because

we’re silent.

Rhymes lost in

alliteration

of repeated consonants

meaning nothing,

and without intended expression.

Monosyllables…

of incomplete words

reflecting absent thoughts

that aren’t there.

I think you and I –

the two of us…

grammatical infectors

of every day communication,

are like a lousy poem

no one wants to read

except for you and I…

the two of us…

till we’re sick of it,

but we’re afraid

with fear of an ending

far worse than the beginning

when it started,

and so we sit

silently… in the dark…

saying nothing.

 

Carmen Ruggero © 2006/2009

 

"Wine" Image @ Carmen Ruggero

 

My Grocery List       

Marsh, Ralph’s U-Bag It

 

 

Five two pound bag of sugar

two loaves French bread,

one loaf of Store Brand,

one pound of butter,

one small tub margarine,

olives, (maybe next week)

one chuck roast

one pound of cheap burger,

don’t really need meat.

one dozen eggs

got two left from last week,

a pound of bacon

next paycheck,

one bag rice

still have two cups

five pounds French Roast

three pound can of Folgers

two pound can generic

one three ounce jar of instant.

What do I have so far…?

coffee, and toast with margarine,

I wonder… if I skip the sugar

I can put gas in the car…

go to work, come Monday…

 

Carmen Ruggero © 2007/2009