Arrogant, thoughtless words in a flood!
Could it be from a brain that is only a spud?
So sharp with the needle, so dull with the words,
That I’m dragging my years like a sack full of turds!
I’ve said it once, twice and I’ll say it again -
I live with such pointless and unneeded pain!
Some days I just wish that I weren’t alive,
But venting this anger helps me to survive!
Wherever he is with his careless old tongue,
I hope he’s not harming folks - aging or young!
My many nice plans for retirement gigs,
Including some travel and fun with the kids,
Are consigned to the trash heap of “never to be,”
For his arrogant thoughtlessness did that to me!
Joan Levin, December 8, 2022
Dedicated to Dr. Timothy Flood