Very Bad Archive
One More Man Down
Flora Grande
I've entertained the idea of many kinds of men, and I categorize them by jobs and other prominent features: musicians (too many of them),
a mortician (just one), a man with a long beard who did not work (not even bringing in food stamps!), a lawyer, another lawyer, a snowplow driver (I know you want to make a joke about that, go ahead, it doesn't hurt me now), a man who lived with his ex-girlfriend and her cat, a manufacturing efficiency expert, a computer programmer, a sports designer, a man who I think had fetal alcohol syndrome (I married him, but no kids, don't worry! and now we are divorced), a mamma's boy, a painter, an antiques dealer (difficult childhood, I found out over a very long dinner, I just nodded a lot), a man with a dog named Thelma Lou, a Mason (too many rituals, with all those "brothers," kinda creepy), a man who had too many pets for my peace of mind - especially the birds.
I have a lot of men on this list, and I am going to add this one more: another musician, damn. One more man down and millions to go I guess. Just no more musicians, okay?
Flora Grande has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 30/11/99. Read more of Flora's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Flora's latest works: