Tie it with a big red bow
Call the postman to pick me up
Take me overseas to your retreat
Arrival on Saturday of next to never
When I pop out with my butcher knife
You will be so happy to see me
Won’t you sugar?
Carve you up in fine little pieces
Ship you back in a small box to my dreary loft
Along with the nameless others to keep you company
All in a row lovely boxes
Streams gyrate into rivers and empty into the sea
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"All in a row lovely boxes." Oh my! A very unique response to the prompt, Pamela! What did Sugar do to deserve this dastardly end?
ReplyDeleteHa! Marianne he was a very bad boy!
ReplyDeletePamela
oh i like these keepsakes.....
ReplyDeleteThanks POP. Me too!
ReplyDeletePamela
OOOh.. love the ending... are you looking for more boxes?
ReplyDeleteThinking about it ;) This idea came from a song by Lou Reed "The Gift". Thanks.
ReplyDeletePamela
That was great! Gross, but great! Love the use of "butcher knife" and "lovely" in the same poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks mypoeticlicense. I appreciate that.
ReplyDeletePamela
Ah ha ha ha ha! Got what they deserved the villains! This is awesome, I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe last line is my favorite.
Exquisite. Thanks for the smile that still cracks my face in half! ~Brenda
No problem Brenda anytime. Thanks.
ReplyDeletePamela
Pamela--This is awesome! I imagine Sugar was quite, quite naughty to deserve this!!! You have some great lines in this poem..."arrival on Saturday of next to never" and the last two.
ReplyDeleteRobin,
ReplyDeleteThanks. I loved your poem. And yes he was very bad indeed.
Pamela
As I was reading this I thought of that very song, though you gave it a unique twist. I love the last line too.
ReplyDeletePamela, this is lethal humour. It's funny, disturbing and slightly surreal. Bad bad boy!--Irene
ReplyDeleteLove the humor- great interpretation!
ReplyDeleteFrancis,
ReplyDeleteYeah the guy's name in the song was Waldo Jeffers. But I added a twist. Thanks.
Pamela
Irene,
ReplyDeleteThanks for saying so. He was very bad!
Pamela
Patti,
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting. You gotta take care of the bad boys.;)
Pamela
This poem is sweet and disturbing at the same time. Your last line gives an interesting and surreal twist to the whole thing.
ReplyDelete-Nicole
Thanks Nicole I enjoyed yours as well.
ReplyDeletePamela
the great Lou Reed and a Fxxxxxg dirty postman...well I take my chances with Lou Reed...I think...or maybe.....hmmmm....anyways awsome Pam
ReplyDeleteWayne,
ReplyDeleteThanks my friend. I love Lou Reed and that song "The Gift" was my inspiration here. I just gave it a twist.
Pamela