A rhetorical love

A rhetorical love

A Poem by SleeplessVolcano



I remember now
Her irritating happiness
Her clear-blue-sky platitudes
Of appreciating today's sunlight
And her urges to abandon
The shaded hiding places
My soul have hated to love.
When I politely did not respond -
As if she did not get the message,
She'd slam dunk the hoop of my depression
With butterfly kisses
And Pollyannaesque punch-drunk positivity
She made me feel content in my anxiety
My numb thoughts felt real,
While her happy bubbles hinted
At some sort of happy muffin -
But alas, she was too much
Of a goodie-two-shoes
To taste a bit of darkness
So she continued to scoop
Pepsi can tops full of inch deep smiles
To cover heart-ache
Deeper than what her mathematical mind
Could comprehend on a clear Tuesday afternoon
Which left me with the only question she did not
Try to give a guru-like solution to -
"I wonder why the labels of beer bottles
Always tear off better on a Tuesday"
Her uncomfortable silence
Proved that she did not grasp
That it was a rhetorical question
And so, I realized, all on my own -
All we had, was a rhetorical love.

© 2018 SleeplessVolcano


Author's Note

SleeplessVolcano
Inspired by a song......clue: something about a Tuesday..... :)

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Perfect in all sense, and nice usage of words.

Posted 5 Years Ago


Wonderful use of words and thoughts. You defined rhetorical for me. Nice story in the poem led to perfect ending. Thank you my friend for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

Posted 5 Years Ago



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