"No Sir" Or "Thank You, Mam"

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent. - Thoreau

betrothed

loathed

naked but clothed

curtsy

bow

reach out and touch my hem as you change "you" to "thou"

be sure to do it now

kiss my ring

smooch my everything

heart on my sleeve

listen to what i say and feign to believe

always last in line at the deli

no number on my ticket but rather a poem by shelley

in a twisted arbitrage of reason

thought to be committing some form of high treason

baloney

ham

goose liver

world slicing me up like cold cuts

just trying to get from here to there whilst avoiding all the ruts

the more honest i try to be

the more the world seems to hate my guts

a keyless can of spam

adore me for who i'm not

abhor me for who i am

just make up your mind before i say,

"no sir" or "thank you, mam"

Author's Note

“The violence of love is as much to be dreaded as that of hate.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[willweb]

I am not sure but I am going to take a wild guess that Thoreau never referenced a keyless can of spam in any of his writings, though, I could be wrong. : )
This was way too cool my friend, you have outdone yourself here. Speak now or forever hold your....

[Pete]

thanks. the more i try to be my true self the crazier i seem to be ... :)

[Dave Brown]

Being polite make everything right because for the dude that is rude I have no appetite
and there seems to be more than enough a**holes, that delight in spite.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Hello WC poets!! I know you're out there. PLEASE read THIS poem by my friend, Pete. It has baloney, ham, goose liver AND a keyless can of SPAM in it...along with the mention of a poem by SHELLEY, where he was standing in line at the DELI with no number on his ticket. C'mon, you're going to LOVE it...trust ME!!

[Pete]

lol.......... thanks kell and i know you know the great song (written by stevie nicks!) ... :)