when will this sadness end?

she asked, because she knew it must

we both could feel the cold lump of it

in our stomachs, welding us together

when we are both happy?

I offered, to see how happy might sound

it sounded like a bowl of tears

a set of randomly selected letters

it reprised the call of an albatross

fatally wounded

~

CLP 22/07/2021

8 responses

  1. Little Charmer Avatar

    This really is excellent my friend.
    Those last two lines are sublime.
    πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€

    1. Christopher Perry Avatar

      Albatross flavour? If you understand the reference… 😊

      1. Little Charmer Avatar

        I was thinking Monty Python? πŸ˜‰πŸ–€

      2. Christopher Perry Avatar

        …not something completely different!

      3. Little Charmer Avatar

        I knew it! πŸ˜‰πŸ–€

      4. Christopher Perry Avatar

        You don’t look old enough to know that!

      5. Little Charmer Avatar

        Haha! Looks can be deceiving! πŸ˜‰

        No, I was given a book of the Monty Python scripts by one of my teachers when I was a teenager (back in the 90’s) and fell in love.
        Timeless humour πŸ‘πŸ–€