Original Poem: bluster & melodrama

bluster & melodrama by Fred Slusher

You’re all bluster & melodrama 
Empire State of Eden’s 
Rejects, Mama 
You can still be a racist even though 
You voted for Obama (Twice)

And I take meds to be a little 
Less me in melancholia 
Debutante in repose, 
Rhinoplastied nose your dad 
Bought you in Santa Fe but 

I had to keep my ugly 
And my secrets and my sighs tucked
Like a melody on a dusty piano 
While you were in Reno 
Getting turnt & twisted on the boulevard of broken dreams 

You told me in aught three my 
Songs were poorly written but I kept 
Sparring with my demons & writ 
My lonesomeness into dust & made myself free 

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