38/2023

plead
another word for beg
on our knees
submissive
last resort
negation of self
of no value
sacrifice
no self-esteem
grovelling
covered in the shit
of living dominated
no free will
lost
chained
prisoner
attachment anxiety
clutching at straws
scrabbling in the mud
detritus
monsters
rejects
dismissed
deserted

R 07/02/2023 07:53

Whenever he pleads insanity,
Reason clears the courtroom
Of any misunderstanding,
Reveals without mercy
His manipulations, his violation
Of the truth and its consequences,
The ill-thought-out impulses, there
On those flimsy pieces of paper
Masquerading as poems, fragments
Of some greater whole, when there
Never was a bigger picture than
The short-term seduction of some
Innocent mind and/or body, where
The turning of the screw was always
For his own gain. But reason has
No power over charm, and he
Walks free again.

R 07/02/2023 19:44

Today’s #MastoPrompt was #plead. The second poem too long to fit into Mastodon’s character limit.

Acupuncture day. Lots of cupping of the troublesome left shoulder and moxing of troublesome stomach and back. I’ll take a picture of the bruises tomorrow. And see how my body is in the morning, because it’s not in its greatest place. Shrug and reach for the next hour.