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Friday, January 13, 2017

Under A Befuddled Moon

Wolf Moon - January
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I once had a tryst
with someone who was
a legend in his own mind.
He wooed me with poetic phrases,
beady eyes, and butterscotch pudding.
I ate it up, spoon by spoon.

"Je t'aime", he said,
looking up at me on the porch
under a  befuddled moon.
But he didn't, he didn't.

Some men are hollow.
Some men are not
to be followed.


Well, this weird little poem is in response to Kerry's prompt at Real Toads: to use diction and imagery to write about humans in terms of the non-human. The man in this poem was all too human. But in the closing lines, I am thinking of a most inhuman man, who is much in the news for his lack of humanity. Not sure if that counts. Smiles.




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9 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorJanuary 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM

    Butterscotch pudding and a befuddled moon... a witty caution in this poem, Sherry.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2017 at 2:43 PM

    I like this Sherry. We get befuddled over the strangest things, be they butterscotch pudding, or love words whispered in a different language. Did you know that the 'befuddled moon' is followed by the month of February that is sometimes referred to as the 'the time of the Hunger Moon', in some Native American tribes?

    Elizabeth

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2017 at 4:47 PM

    Well written. Sorry about some my fellows and thank you for not mentioning the "others" (blushing)

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  4. JimJanuary 13, 2017 at 7:14 PM

    Seems that this man didn't love his poet "Je t'aime à la folie".
    I'm wondering what percentage of the population has had relationships that turned fickle? Perhaps mostly those who write poetry, these would have a reason to write. (I wouldn't dare write of mine, the kids would disown me.)
    ..

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  5. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJanuary 14, 2017 at 5:43 AM

    It's your poem; I think you're allowed to take it wherever you like. I love the butterscotch!

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  6. Sanaa RizviJanuary 14, 2017 at 5:55 AM

    He wooed me with poetic phrases,
    beady eyes, and butterscotch pudding.
    I ate it up, spoon by spoon.

    This is lovely!!❤️

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  7. Maude LynnJanuary 14, 2017 at 6:23 AM

    This is ugly truth beautifully presented. Really well done, Sherry.

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  8. Magaly GuerreroJanuary 14, 2017 at 10:59 AM

    Pudding and moons can always leave us a bit disoriented. But after the rush of taste, most of us gets to see the light... and see the emptiness.

    Love the line-breaks in this one, Sherry, especially in the last stanza.

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  9. grapelingJanuary 15, 2017 at 1:00 AM

    oof. such wisdom in those closing lines ~

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