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Oral blackmail (warning, innuendo - duh!)
by Leslie Ann Eisenberg
Lollipops are
a cheap substitute
for the pulse
of you
Crippled and Cracked,
my mouth, my essence
went dry
somewhere
in the Sahara, where
I seek you with my
divining rod
Vengeance comes
when I muzzle
your promises
with my wrath
Service me
in this sweatlodge
Pay your dues with palpitations
08/16/2003
Author's Note: payback's a bitch!
Posted on 11/17/2003
Copyright © 2025 Leslie Ann Eisenberg
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Rachelle Howe on 11/17/03 at 05:45 AM you should end this with the pay your dues line. man. what a punch that would make. :) |
| Posted by Maureen Glaude on 11/17/03 at 07:36 AM powerful, and clever |
| Posted by Don Coffman on 11/18/03 at 03:57 AM Like sticky sweet syrup with all that yearning for sweetness and all that sweaty warmth. And yup, the palpitations line does make a good ending. :) |
| Posted by Rachelle Howe on 11/18/03 at 03:52 PM yes! much better. :) the stanzas that have been blurred together actually can mesh, which is good, and yes, for now, unfinished business or not, its done if you will it to be. the ending change really makes it. |
| Posted by Kate Demeree on 11/19/03 at 05:08 PM Oh.. I rather like this! Very Very Good! Anger, frustration, and open eyed wrath! I wonder though if we really ever achieve closure, peace maybe.. but closure... not to sure. |
| Posted by Max Bouillet on 11/21/03 at 11:53 PM Strong images and great attitude that fly at the reader and forces them to review their perspective. Great read. |
| Posted by Susan Q Tomas on 12/22/03 at 02:36 AM This is the first poem I have read of yours. You have a unique style. |
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