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THE TRACKLESS PATH

A "Short" Bad Poem

10/29/2019

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I suppose this poem 
Will be short.
That's all I have time for.
But poems don't work that way.
They have a life of their own.
And so today
I write a bad poem.
It is bad
Because I hold it close
And do not let
It have its head.
If I did,
It would pull me along 
And keep me up until
All hours.
So there you go.
My apologies.
This poem is 
No more than a space
Between two 
More meaningful 
Works...
But you see
Already, it has drawn me in.
I try to finish 
But it holds me.
"I'm not done" it says.
It insists that we end well.
And to end well,
We must say something.
Damn!
But here I go!
I am ending this poem.
I won't live this way,
Enslaved to a tyrannical muse!
Ha!
So there!
The End!

And we haven't said a thing.
And it is miserable
And we both are sad.
But I suppose it is just as well.
I will sleep tonight
After I mourn 
The loss of something 
I don't know what
And never will.
Good night muse.
I love you.
"I love you too" he says.
Until tomorrow muse...I am sorry.
"It's OK.  I understand"

I believe he is asleep now.
He really is a faithful friend.
I could not wish for better
And I am sorry 
That I treat him so.
Truly, I am ashamed.
But tomorrow I will be better.
Tomorrow, I let him roam
In sunlit meadows
Where the wildflowers grow
And we'll spin a poem
That you'll remember.
And perhaps you'll like it so much
That you'll read it again and again.
And now I suppose
That I must be to sleep also.
Good night all.
God bless.
Until next time.
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