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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

I've Got a Right to Sing in Blues

Now I wend
towards the end
of my rope. 
I have run
short of fun,
faith 'n' hope. 
Life is over.
Life's done.
Life’s
(tho
once sorta fun) 
full of woe:
I can no
longer cope. 

Now I'm play'd out.
I’m wash'd up.
I’m spent. 
Now's the winter,
and I'm
discontent. 
I’m all in.
It’s a wrap. 
Time to take
The Big Nap. 
(Leaves one wond’rin'
where all of it
went.)

Now this case,
like this casement,
is closed,
as the body
erodes --
decomposed.
That last scene
was a flop.
Cut! Don't print it --
full stop.
I've been --
hook, line 'n' sinker --
well hosed.

Now I'm finish’d.
I’m used up.
I’m drain’d.
Sky's gone grey;
name one day
it's not rain'd!
Oi! I'm runnin'
on empty.
I'm krenky,
verklempty.
My options...?
All stopp'd...
or constrain'd.

Now the sands
through my hands
are run out,
I can see
that The Reaper's
en route.
As the curtain's
descending,
"So this
is the ending...?"
I brood --
then conclude,
"Without doubt."

Now the foundry
has ground
to a halt.
Nor no longer's
my song
worth its salt.
Need I now
to name names
as to who
bears the blames...?
Hold the phone:
'tis my own
bloody fault.


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