(free Verse) *dotty Definitions # 59 Poem by WES Vogler

CURSE OF THE STONE
"That is the loveiest diamond ring I have ever seen."
"It's nice but it comes with the Montague curse."
"I'd quite forgotten .. your husband Montague."


VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
My condo upstairs neighbor does offer some variety.
He doesn't always pound around on my ceiling.
Sometimes he pounds up and down the stairs alongside.
(it is necessary to find this amusing or I would serve
many years in prison)


DISCIPLINE
Jailer says to the convict:"Just as soon as you finish
your cereal you can join the other fellas on the rock pile."


RITZY BUSINESS DISTRICT
Early evening in New York.They are walking through
a ritzy business district. "Oh I love that diamond bracelet
in the window."He takes a brick, smashes the window
and hands her the bracelet.
They walk along and it's
"Oh, I must have that emerald brooch in the window."
He takes a brick smashes the window and hands her the brooch.
They walk along and it's
"Such lovely pearls in the window..."
He says "What's with you... you think I'm made of bricks?


HOUSEHOLD PLANTS
I don't talk to my plants anymore...
They think they know everything.


* free verse... prose on a poem site