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Lemons for Ice Cream
by Dan Linn
Found her sucking lemons and calling it ice cream,
she had wished for honey and found it in a dream,
Refused her medication believing it their plan,
to make a sorry life more unpleasant if they can.
To prove that she is right, she slips away at night,
before anyone can find her, she's already in full flight,
Mind on over drive, she starts in eating speed.
an attempt to lap herself, went to smoking weed.
She came hard down, face flat on the ground,
her trip to merry town, had no one else around.
In a hall of mirrors, confrontation did occur,
as her own worst enemy, was very clearly her.
01/22/2013 Author's Note: Self-fulfilling tragedy.
Posted on 02/01/2013
Copyright © 2024 Dan Linn
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Darren Swift on 02/01/13 at 06:38 PM remove the author's comment and you have perfection in 12 lines. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/01/13 at 11:50 PM Witty capture of what they used to call back in the 60s a bad trip. The unforced rhyme and rhythm add impact to the high or low. :) |
| Posted by LK Barrett on 02/02/13 at 10:35 PM ...don't we all know her? "There's no time to lose, I heard her say-Catch your dreams before they slip away..." A precise and painful portrait of a willful train wreck...thank for the write...lk |
| Posted by Mo Couts on 02/18/13 at 09:44 PM Thank you for this. |
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