Morbid Solution

by Jack deCongo - Capricorn

let me introduce you to fred
he's bedridden at home on meds
every minute of the rest of his life
his sad pathetic unproductive wife
reminds him that he'd really rather be dead
o what unhappy strife
fred bears towards his dear wife
who put him through school
helped to raise him from a fool
brought him so many hidden tools
but the only one he sees is that knife
that she uses on him, like he was bread
that she uses to try to make everything seem cool

but it's not
poor bedridden fred hasn't forgot
the moods he felt
before dear wife came and began to make him melt
i love you said she
with her eyes full of maniacal glee
with books you'll be dealt
you'll become rich, buy me pelt
and have twenty-three identical belts
with your new mind you'll have fought
the devils of ignorance, chased and caught
the delight of intelligence, and even better, me
all fred wants is to be free
he used to be so extensively happy

now he sees red
our dear poor fred
cast away stowed away stuck on his bed
who passes each day full of play in his dreams
who is much less calmer than he seems
he's grown sick and tired
of being so wired
to all of the life's truthful factual gleams
he wishes so that he were still mired
stuck on the ignorance that has long expired
he wishes he had never wed
and instead had shred
those false wishes that from his wife had beamed

and so
his heart burning like  furious coals
fred calls his wife over "hey you ol sow
my brain is twitchin
my heart is kickin
because of your bitchin
and my arms are itchin
to give your head a smashin blow"
and so
with a triumphant show
this man decrepid and so col'
wraps a tube around his wife's throat
"i'm finally gonna git rid o that old goat"
but in the process, like a monkey in a moat
he soon ceases to float
without the meds that helped make his juices flow
and there's the end of this weary storytellin
she's stopped bitchin and he's stopped flippin
may you never live this wicked sitsuwayshin

Reason for writing:

    No reason at all.    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2001-01-24 05:51:27
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:12
Poem ID: 59784

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