*****

(The poet has been very enthusiastically characterized on our “public record” sites as human trash

… Proving yet again that the “gathering of men to bear false witness” is a practice by no means exclusive to the Biblical day.)

*****

Recorded Reading (0:53): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/venefxixxocm537q95l09/No-Tail-Tale.wav?rlkey=o5de5qm45st88xcwk9f7fmjzx&dl=0

*****

 No Tail Tale

I don’t think the problem really is
That I am any kind of trash
Manipulating happily
To part you from your cash

Totting up small victories
Busy keeping score
Snatching every gift you’d give
Trying to take more

Flirting, teasing, coming hither
Wishing have all at my beck
Caring not a fig for whether
I a happy home will wreck

Try to fit them into me —
These puzzle pieces won’t
The problem is, I must conclude,
Not that I do — but that I don’t

Won’t offer myself to you,
Uncomf’table to think me wise ~
Easier for ego
The lady to despise

*****

This poet is physically disabled. Public housing being insufficient to her medical and creative needs, she is presently living, in order to continue working, in her minivan, publishing all of her works using one thumb on the touch screen of her smartphone, surviving at an income of a fraction of her nation’s poverty level. She would treasure any donation you might care to offer ~ http://www.UgiftABLE.com ● #72D-31S.

Please be aware that it takes several days for the poet to be notified of contributions. International patrons please contact the poet via email or post a comment for the necessary numbers.

*****