Carl Stilwell AKA CaLokie

Photo by Aihua Gao

 I Ain’t Gonna Waste No Poem on You 

You were a bad roll of dice

pretty baby

Oedipus was a hell of a lot

luckier than me

You’re all take

and no give

Next to you, woman

a parasite is altruistic

But I ain’t gonna waste no poem on you

Hell! You ain’t even worth a haiku

Born to lose

my whole life through

But I didn’t lose that much

when I lost you

I thought you were a trophy

but today’s catch by your side

has for the moment

won the booby prize

But I ain’t gonna waste no poem on you

Hell! You ain’t even worth a haiku

You’re frigid, woman

You’re frozen rock hard

No global warming gonna melt

your cold, cold heart

On 97 pound weaklings

you kick sand

You take coins

from a blind man’s can

But I ain’t gonna waste no poem on you

Hell! You ain’t even worth a haiku

You change a breath of fresh air

into smog

Your kisses transform a prince

to a frog

You turn a rainbow

into a cloud of gloom

A rattlesnake can’t get 

no lower than you

But I ain’t gonna waste no poem on you

Hell! You ain’t even worth a haiku