Crack the fragile skull
Spoon out the scrambled brain,
Wholesome soldiers are lacerated,
Masticated, bones left on the plate,
Weetabix drown like kittens
In your o% fat leukocytes,
Weakly, I wave a white flag
Placing myself in your sights,
But you are planning your next strategy,
On your blackberry,
“I’ve got SO much to do”
As you pencil me in
For a phone call, or maybe a tweet
The claxon calls, to arms, you go
Mortally wounded
I clear the carnage
Of what used to be us, my love.

Comments
insertponceyfre... | January 19, 2010 - 13:01
really enjoyed this shoe. I love the breakfast description, and if it's autobiographical in any way, can I suggest you put the blackberry in the bowl with the weetabix tomorrow morning?
kheldar | January 19, 2010 - 13:07
I'm please I found a window in my diary for this one shoe - for four lines there I thought you'd morphed into some 'guts & glory' war correspondent xx :--)
threeleafshamrock | January 19, 2010 - 14:09
Just great..'o% fat leukocytes' gotta try some of that. Brilliant piece; short and thoroughly enjoyable, class act Shirley.;)
Chris XXX
shoe | January 19, 2010 - 16:20
Insert, one of our 5 a day? glad you liked it!!
shoe | January 19, 2010 - 16:29
love is a battlefield Kheldar, so I'm told, I'm a pacifist myself, appreciate you fitting me in though,xx ;~}
shoe | January 19, 2010 - 16:32
Enjoy the kittens threeleaf, low fat, high protien,
might get hairballs though! :~}
MistakenMagic | January 19, 2010 - 17:11
Totally agree with everyone; that breakfast imagery is brilliant ;) Brutal but with a great comic edge, Shirley. Well done!
Magic xxx
Beeme | January 19, 2010 - 20:41
I agree with all of the above. I love the last lines and these lines especially;
'Masticated, bones left on the plate,'
'Weetabix drown like kittens'
I really enjoyed :-)
Beeme xx
Silver Spun Sand | January 20, 2010 - 11:50
What more is there to say, Shirley, except you have always such a fresh way of looking at things. I like Cheerios, as well as my portion of 5 and I also liked this;-)
Tina
shoe | January 20, 2010 - 21:19
Magic, Beeme and Tina, I thank you so, so much for your encouragement and kind comments, it really mean's a lot to me,:~}
shoe | January 20, 2010 - 21:20
Thank you cherry picker, winter cherries are sweet!
exogenesis | January 22, 2010 - 16:25
like this alot you got a lot in your poem , like it
shoe | January 22, 2010 - 18:36
Thank you very much exogenesis,:~}