Maddy's Song

maybe you can sing this to me
one night i don t really like
rhyming as you can probably
tell but somehow it just felt
like the right thing to do
once i was a verifiable queen
queen of free verse poets
i thought i d try my hand
mandible question mark
at the rhyming game you re on
your own as far as the melody goes

i been lonesome all my life
nothing seems to work
once i was a happy wife
now I've lost my mirth

i used to be a poet
and i was pretty good
my verse was always fluent
proud i always stood

along the way my fate
became a little roach s
now i m always waiting
as my end approaches

one stray foot could be
the end of all i know
all i dreamed to see
snuffed out by a toe

still i keep my head held high
high as roach can hold it
may i once again arise
to be the queen of poets

(2007)