Holding fervently, a reverie
Auspiciously acclaimed
Tendering lovely rewards
Hoping for positive response
A soothsayer in the midst
Keeping a close eye on birds for conclusion
Conceivably describing this remittent fever
As nothing more than Mephisto
An inability to release
Though thousands of miles away
Clutching this great divinity
Calypso’s lusty bounties
A defeatist Babbitt
Internal hostility infused deep
Scatter-brained
The ship easily blown off course
Only to be caught in a rainstorm
With wavering rapids and whisking winds
Seeking the solidity of the shore
Thinly spread as clouds on pavement
Mental mistress clawing at the drapes
Peering through brown panes to the outside
Auto-pilot engaged
While a body sits tranquilized in the cockpit
Awaiting the inevitable crash
Feebly dreaming of tomorrow
Everyone needs a handshake sometimes
Even if the other hand holds a knife
Planted firmly in the back