An Impracticable Proposition
she was his honey
yet she told herself
that her honeybunch's
dumb dark decision
(not to dump her --
darling please ... damn!)
but to deter her
from pursuing
her passion
of performing poetry
and of not painting paragons --
of paying attention to skeletons
of not perfuming his places
his present and past
of penning probing
tales never ever told
about his prized parents
and their pride and profligacies
and of perfecting her proficiency
was -- pardon her -- past its best!