of Course

of Course

 

 

celebrate the fine print

those words barely legible

or audible

 

the catch under the hook

the one that leaves the ears bleeding

caption cacophony

 

the noise of you leaving

deafening silence

the commercials never indicated

outcome

 

that fine print is not so fine

when reality strikes,

we are enticed to another

 

the deal is made

no returns

just a broken heart

 

and no recourse.  

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/4/16

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

a very clever dual metaphor, for life, love, and bad deals.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, KL.

j.

[Einstein Noodle]

nope ...nothing to do but suck it up ...or do energetic battle for ones rights ;) ..once in a while that actually works ... but "Of Course" a soft heart ...battered and bruised ...for them ..its very hard ...:(
E.
ps nice bit of play between title and closing ..nice! :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, E.
j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Yes...what can be written of love or heard that will change a heart or mind bent on believing what it will? Such a delightful melancholy woven in this poem.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Fabian.

j.