There he lies -
snores like a bastard
It won't be long
before one of us dies
And it won't be me
I'm not the one
who's soundly asleep
lying there catching flies
No chance.
Even they won't go near him
with his God-awful racket
and beer-soaked breath
The only thing
that I owe him now
is a clean and
fairly swift death
No jury on earth
would blame me
for driving a bread-knife
into the eye
of the noisy old shit
it's been my misfortune
to lie with
for all of these years.
Die, you bastard.
Die! Die! Die!
Oh Lord.
What have I done?
You know what a life
I've had with this man.
Ask the jury
to cut me some slack
I bet they never expected
to see me back.
Comments
scratch | July 1, 2012 - 20:32
Strong stuff parsons. William Blake comes to mind.
Parson Thru | July 1, 2012 - 20:39
Another for my reading list. Thanks scratch.
well-wisher | July 1, 2012 - 21:38
Really enjoyed the dark humour in this. Not sure why you called it "Spontaneous Garbage", mind you, I often feel that way about alot of my stuff but, personally, I thought this was very entertaining.
I particularly liked:
'No chance. Even they won't
go near him
with his God-awful racket
and beer-soaked breath'
Made me think of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".
Parson Thru | July 1, 2012 - 21:43
Highly flattering well-wisher. Poe will be spinning though. Thanks!
Silver Spun Sand | July 2, 2012 - 08:48
Love this one, PT...and Blake does spring to mind;-)
Tina
jolono | July 2, 2012 - 09:08
Hi PT, no idea who Blake is, just know that this made me smile with it's dark humour!
scratch | July 2, 2012 - 17:34
William Blakes "A Poison Tree" I was put in mind of with the level of feeling expressed.
Sorry for being overly laconic - not one of my usual faults!
sue dinum | July 2, 2012 - 21:57
I like this too, PT. And as a career snorer and being the bane of my wife's sleepless nights, I sometimes worry that she'll sooner or later smother me with a pillow. Really loved the black humour in your piece.
Trev
Parson Thru | July 3, 2012 - 07:11
Thank you Tina, jolono, scratch and Trev. I'm really glad you enjoyed this. Because of the way it came out I even had a chuckle myself when I read it (something not quite right about that). Will go and look at William Blake. Let's hope he and Poe are contra-rotating. Been a hectic few days but will be catching up on some ABC reading tonight.
Cheers all. Hope weather better where you are. :)
ItsSteveDave | July 4, 2012 - 09:23
Really entertaining PT, as the others have said, the dark humour is great here. A really well carried off poem.
Oh, and sleep is definitely worth killing for ;)
ItsSteveDave | July 4, 2012 - 09:25
And change the title to something that does this excellent poem justice!! :)
Parson Thru | July 4, 2012 - 19:11
Thanks again. Glad you enjoyed. I can't think of any other name. Maybe Horace, but then there's greatness under the layers of hand-painted emulsion. I once had a grandad called Edgar, whose suits were all wonderfully threadbare. No - that doesn't work!
ItsSteveDave | July 5, 2012 - 09:26
Titles are the bane of my life PT! When I'm stuck I usually just pick a line from the poem, but often that doesn't say what I want it to say! Maybe something along the theme of paring? Double meaning potential...
Yeah, titles are definitly hard!
Parson Thru | July 5, 2012 - 20:07
Couldn't agree more ISD. Left one as 'Untitled' for a while. This one might be spontaneous garbage for a while yet. Maybe there's room for some interpretation.
well-wisher | July 16, 2012 - 14:22
Your story has inspired my latest story, Parson.
It's called "The Infernal Snore".
I hope you don't mind. The situation is the same but the conclusion is different.
Parson Thru | July 17, 2012 - 06:51
Hi well-wisher. Of course not. I'm flattered. Will be reading it as soon as I have a minute to catch breath. Thank you. Hope it goes well. (Spookily I read this one at Bristol Acoustic Night last night)