Tuesday, June 4, 2024

WARNING! WARNING!

 Today is Tuesday ~ Time for Poetics in the dVerse Poets Pub! Lillian offers four paintings from the works of Catrin Welz-Stein ~ we are to choose one as inspiration for our poems!  



I got my eyes on you / know you're playing games

nothing but a playboy / i'm onto your false claims

 saw you with that blonde last week / pretending you're just friends 

by the time i'm thru with her  / she'll wish for those split ends  

think you're sly with secret texts / those whispers in the night
  
my eyes have xray vision /  you're really not so bright 

late night business meetings / gym trips that never end

i tracked your steps / i hacked your phone / i know the facts you bend

you've had your fun / and played your games / but now the jig is up

remember dear i got these eyes / start drinking from MY cup

eyes are focused on you alone / so cherish what we got

or soon you'll find your toothbrush / scrubbing places it best not  !!




19 comments:

  1. This is hilarious 😂 But a bit dark too. Though she's justified in taking steps to keep her man, she seems to be a bit stalkerish. That adds to the fun though!

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  2. Dearest Helen,
    Yep, my eyes have x–ray vision. That is more or less what Pieter told me one week before his death: You have extraordinary keen senses and that was one of the reasons he so loved me... We can see through most people.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  3. OMG
    Your eyes are quite focused
    He's in troubbbleeee

    Much♡love

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  4. HILARIOUS! LOVE IT! I am chuckling out loud! You have an absolute gift for the comical, my dear. SOOOO glad you went this route!

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  5. Oh my, I don't want to get on your bad side. Nice poem.

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  6. What eyes she got and he better watch it. Love your take Helen!

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  7. Your poem Elen interacts with the play!
    The eyes are the main feature of both! I really like it,
    it brings out different truths for each of us (according to what we have experienced)!

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  8. I love the shape, form and rhyme scheme of your poem, Helen, and the sassy first person speaker is both witty and scary! I especially like the way the pace ramps up in these lines:
    ‘i tracked your steps / i hacked your phone / i know the facts you bend
    you've had your fun / played your games / but now the jig is up’
    and
    ‘eyes are focused on you alone / so cherish what we got
    or soon you'll find your toothbrush / scrubbing places it best not !!’

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  9. Helen - I can always count on you to make me smile if not a full on belly laugh - hilarious...

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  10. This is fabulous, Helen. I love your rhythm and your rhyming scheme. It really flows so well. Hopefully he will get the message!

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  11. I am glad if the revenge is limited to the toothbrush... but the stalking of your spouse is normally not sound.

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  12. Yeah, I'm definitely too old to be bad; good behavior provides a far better reward. And if I'm ever tempted again, the thought of brushing my teeth with my wife's behind slams the door shut on the Penthouse Letter Mill.

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  13. "my eyes have xray vision / you're really not so bright," .. ah yes! It's easier to pick up on the clues once we learn to see through people. 💖💖

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  14. Ha! Great selection, oh, those eyes! Old toothbrushes work good for scrubbing nasty corners in the window sill or, better yet, the seal around the base of the toilet. So funny, I laughed!

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  15. Darkly humorous and devilishly entertaining. Woe unto that man...

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  16. I love your dark humour Helen, this rocks along and holds that delicious note of threat in the midst of humour.

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  17. Haha! Revenge is a dish best not served at all, in this case.

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I appreciate each of you and the comments you leave ~~ thanks so much.