Good Grief and Other poems
by Jessi


Good Grief!!!

Don’t keep saying it
My heart has already broken
Is it possible they are gone?

A dog that played shortstop
Two lesbians at camp
A gay little boy
With deep thoughts and
A blanket

Is it true?
No more?

A balding ten year old
A bird with no beak
A prodigy wasted
With a toy piano

No parents
No teachers
No violence
No crime

Good grief.


Cruelty

Snuggle up tight!
I tell you tonight,
The snow will be falling
IN SHEETS

In the morning there’ll be
(According to me)
A white blanket to cover
The streets

Get cocoa
Get muffins
By more milk at the store!

For Christmas
A snowstorm
Like old days of yore

Three inches
And drifting
So maybe some more

The weatherman…lied
‘Cause I’m walking outside
And it’s raining

Just like before.


Spicy Meal

In my sleep I journey far
Not really, just to my mom’s house

And there I find a boy I liked
Jim Bacon

He was so cute.
He’s wearing a suit
And he hugs me.
How odd.

But then it all changes
My sister is singing
On a stage in our old
Elementary

She’s angry, I’ve ruined her show
There are thousands in the crowd
I knew nothing about it.

At home I discover
A jar in the cupboard
With a baby inside
It’s mine

I had an affair with Brett Favre
And I’m shamed.
So I keep his child hidden.

But the cat says it’s wrong
He speaks perfect English
And his face is that of a human’s

That’s the last time I eat wings
Immediately followed by sherbet

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