daytime

day was a rasher of bacon
sizzling in too hot a skillet

judge said -- thirty days
next case

I was a greasy spot --
a turd on the tarmac

I felt like ashes.

Style/Type: Free verse

Editing Stage: Not actively editing

Country/Region: USA

Favorite Poets: Wallace Stevens

Immortal line, Victor!

Gets to be like that sometimes.

Thanks, Anna.

I agree with Anna... very deep!

always, cat

the essense of ash

hence i never worried
about any rash

ur the ashes we all adore

some need you now

some shall later
that's for sure