NaPM April 12 2015

[Tiger the Lion]

April fool's day rebuttal.

To Reach You

I will not play the fool for you;
if slapstick is your drug of choice
there’s nothing I can say or do

to sober you with words—and you
too enable my comic voice.
I will not play the fool for you

every time the thriller is too
much for you to maintain your poise.
There’s nothing I can say or do

to foil your one-plus-one makes-two
mentality of girls and boys.
I will not play the fool for you

when he’s not home and it’s gone two;
my batteries are not for toys.
There’s nothing I can say or do

to charm you from your hole, when you
hear my flute as naught but noise.
I will not play the fool for you.
There’s nothing I can say or do.

That's a lovely pair you have.

Thanks Ella, this was the best prompt ever!! I have a million books with a million prompts but this one asked real questions. It separates the writes from the writers. 
Paul