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This was composed for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge.  Angel Love’s line was “The pain will ease and the tears will dry.”

THE SINGLE LOVECYCLE

I was hurtin’.
Thought It might be my final curtain.
Of that I was fairly certain.
Then she came by, flirtin.’
Words of love I began blurtin’.
For awhile, we enjoyed insertin’.
Then she left me for Richard Burton.

Using sight of hind, I find,
That the memory of her
is a pain in my behind.
Now I am very sure
putting the pain of old memories behind
makes them easier to cure.
That is why, in the moonlight
on the Isle of Wight, I bare my behind.
Two moons are twice as bright,
and those behind me say it’s quite a sight.

To make a long story not quite as long,
the pain eased, and all the tears dried.
I went on to sing a better song,
almost forgetting why I ever cried.

I met a new one, and we had lots of fun.
I said “let’s live in the future, we can fantasize there.”
She said: “didn’t your mother teach you it’s not polite to stare?”
I replied: “but I think you’re The One.”

I tried to seduce her by saying:
“All goodness comes when you let down your hair.”
and: “I’m wearing silk underwear.”
She said: “that could cause a few folks to stare,”
“but it won’t get me into bed.”
So I tried another tack instead.
“Sometimes life seems so unfair.”
“The harder I try, the more pain I must bear.”
She just scoffed: “well back your pickup truck to the door of despair,”
“load it up, and haul away your sorry derriere.”

I was hurtin’.
Thought It might be my final curtain.
Of that I was fairly certain.
Then she came by, flirtin’…

Copyright December 1st 2012 RGD

The flirts who did not fall for my lines, but I fell for theirs: Angel Love (3), Bettie (3), Dori, tony (3).