Sentence

Sentence

 

your love

clouded my judgement

but the jury saw through you

 

They found you guilty

on two counts:

deceit 

conceit

thinking you were elite

and I was of poor, vulnerable heart

 

your sentence 

is to write five poems

of apology

to include in an anthology

by all of the women

who poemed a man

 

pervading

persuading

inviting

alighting

then 

 

deceiving

perceiving

 

the conquer met

it was time to let

 

her heart be freed from the boredom

find freedom from the humdrum

 

life she perceived

yet she was the one deceived

 

because his heart was pure

and he was the cure

for her restless allure

 

to search for what she would never find

the jury were aligned

and settled on the verdict

 

"We find the defendant worthy of 

being loved, and we order her

to write 

one more poem expressing her love for him

and do commitment service

until death do them part."

8/14/23

Reviews

[Ted Kniffen]

Five poems you say? Hardly a life sentence ... "and now I'm waiting for the end of time to hurry up and arrive"
Thank you Meat Loaf.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"cause if I have to spend one more minute with you I don't think I can survive!"

[Chris Shaw]

An enjoyable read dear J and the sentence is a classic. Made me smile you did. Clever write .

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

glad this could make you smile, Chris,
j.

[AYVID N]

Oh how they play games, alluring, enticing, poeming, being deceptive all the time. The punishment was well deserved. She must do her time and do it with full commitment. This is such an enjoyed poem. I loved it.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your insight, Divya,
j.

[Stella Armour]

"commitment service"
haha ... no way , not never lol

sorry Jacob ... but it did make me laugh

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I am glad it did, Stella.
was meant to.
j.

[Soren]

I was wondering when the death penalty was going to come up. Life imprisonment can be worse. Clever write and well done as well. I loved the idea that deceit is a punishable crime in civil court but not usually in civil marriage. Your playing off the legal system and its parts was great.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind review, Soren,
j.