Delusions

Delusions

A Poem by E. L. Nussam

I wear the wrong suit most every day

I wear Hearts when I should wear Spades

To shovel up Diamonds to wear to the Clubs

But it seems that I don’t know Jack.

 

Crayon Chiaroscuro

Oj and wine

Hot potato in time

Ballroom tomfoolery

 

The smiling nurse now says “Get real,”

The world has lost its taste and feel

There’s dirt in my mouth and grass in my teeth

For the life of me, I can’t get back

 

Crayon Chiaroscuro

Oj and wine

Hot potato in time

Ballroom tomfoolery

 

Sweetheart goodbyes make for awkward hellos

We’re two steps behind the travelling show

They’re poor and fierce and wild and grand

So what do we have that they lack?

 

Crayon Chiaroscuro

Oj and wine

Hot potato in time

Ballroom tomfoolery

 

My skirt was too short but now it’s too long

There’s too many ways that you could be wrong

“Don’t question,” She cooes, “That’s just how it is,”

But flowers don’t grow on a track.

 

Crayon Chiaroscuro

Oj and wine

Hot potato in time

Ballroom tomfoolery

© 2012 E. L. Nussam


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A very interesting write I particularly liked the first and last stanzas. It flows well mostly and is obviously a lyric.

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E. L. Nussam
E. L. Nussam

New Zealand



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A dizzy little queer from a small island nation that sometimes has something to say, and has difficulty writing about herself in the third person. more..

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