Claims made by
fishermen
politicians
guys on a prom date
can be taken
at their word
if the words are
unspoken
first-hand
supported by three
corroborating
witnesses
backed up by video
duly notarized
void
where prohibited
or English is spoken
and understood
words to the wise
from
folks in the know
– Mark L. Lucker
© 2017
http://lrd.to/sxh9jntSbd
We all have within us
some Captain Ahab
obsessively pursuing
something, someone
unattainable
physically or mentally
we quest something lost
never obtained
hadn’t the courage
or stomach for
a diem you could
never carpe
uselessly we quest
a time we came close
nagging should haves
gnawing what ifs
crimes of passion
not worth prosecuting
each an intensely personal
no-two-alike fingerprint
‘one that got away’
we imagine our prey
sporting our broken-off
harpoons
festering wounds
unbeknownst to us have
scarred over
healed entirely
never went deep enough
scabs quickly fell away
still we pursue
irrationally with purpose
a creature from
the depths of then
only breaking the calm
surface of now
when it suits us to
be on the hunt
“…to the last
I grapple with thee…”
parting words uttered
in reply to no one,
the one
the one that got away
cannot let you go
if you don’t
reciprocate
hunter, hunted,
haunted.
– Mark L. Lucker
© 2017
http://lrd.to/sxh9jntSbd
Ponderable polemics, poetic 