Clichés

[Keith]

I apologize in advance for this absurdity. I just couldn't help but notice the cruel prejudice here against clichés, so I felt the need to defend the little guys ...which means I was inspired to throw together this silly little thing. I suppose it could be clever if I worked on it, but clever poetry isn't really my thing (too much intellectual work)... This is dedicated to Billy, Leanne, TimeOnMyHands and to anyone else who has singled out a cliché in someone's poem :

Cliché
So
you don’t like my cliché
What’s wrong with it?
It’s mine
I did not filch it
from the monodrones

In my context
this cliché
speaks!
It speaks my heart
which
it just so happens
occasionally flies
on a wing and a prayer
and lands precariously
on thin ice
Then
slip-sliding down the way
tumbles head-over-heels
off the deep end
into a bottomless pit
of romantic clichés

because like all hearts
mine has lived
loved
lost
bled
and died
just a little inside
with each
unrequited love

Not quite a poem, but a poem in the rough.

Love this clever piece, it makes me see the watery sun comming up over snow covered mountains and feel so full of joy, I could burst
Thanks for the read.TOMH