©2006 Amber Tamblyn
http://web.archive.org/web/20060104084843/http://www.rebelasylum.com:80/poetry.html#winter
She subsequently rewrote the poem and published it as part of Bang Ditto. In response to all of this, I wrote this poem.
Who died?
I'm not Jack Klompus
I just read another poem
Point is
You were there
Not when I needed you
But when I didn't
Existentialist rant?
Witty twaddle?
Wry diatribe?
Why die, tribe?
We all get to choose
My aunt can care about the ants
So close to the pool
The gingerbread men they were so tasty
The non-sequitors
They beat the puns 2-1
But death forfeited
Sorrow isn't bringing these tears, no!
Doldrums, doldrums, doldrums, doldrums...
Laughter!
That's the new drum beating in my chest
Until I Finnish
Satiating the Swedish
©2009 Jeff Yutzler