Paintings of Elvis
On black velvet…
Not my idea of art
But I’ve never been
A member of the pack
Forever the lone wolf
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
I pictured you
In a bed covered
With beautiful
Rose blossoms…
But I’d hate to detract
From the beauty of you
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
You hate it
When I bellow
You hate it
When I roar…
Have you ever
Had a chance
To listen to your snore?
Of course not…
I’d say we’re even
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
I didn’t claim
To be an expert
But there’s
A lot I know…
If you know
Your enemy
You may know
What to expect…
There’s a reason
They say to keep
Your friends close
And your enemies closer
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
We did it your way…
Look at where that got us
I may have been wrong
About lots of things…
Why weren’t you?
Are there independent
Accountants for relationships?
I think you cooked the books!
I may be off the reservation now…
But I know I’m not a crook
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
Did the candidate cheat
To get a bigger piece
Of the pie…or was it
That he was born
On third base…
Not knowing he
Hadn’t hit a triple?
The jury is still out
But the latter is
Irrefutable
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
Ok…it was
A mistake
To think you’d
Ever change…
You can’t improve
On perfection…right?
I’m changing instead…
Not so much me…just my place
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
If circumstances
Could raise your
Blood pressure
He’d have been
In deep shit…
Quality of life
In a nosedive…
Was there a way out?
No shrinks came along
A self-helper all the way…
Somehow he found
The right words to
Figure what went wrong
And how to back out
The task he must accept…
Failure is not an option
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
They tied his
Shoelaces
Together…
Waited for
Him to fall…
The kind of
Prank common
When I was young
Now it’s serious…
Pranks like that
A distant memory…
Bullies sneak into
The victim’s room
Through digital means…
Threats are common
And they have no shame…
Taunting till some
Can’t bear the pain…
I’ll say exactly
What I think…
The bastards
Who hound a
Person until
Death seems
The only way out…
Fuck them all!
They belong in a jail
For the criminally insane
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
WRITERS WRITE prompt for 8/25/16: SHOELACES
http://writerswrite.co.za/august-writing-prompts
Though I’ve been
To New Orleans
A couple times
I’ve never been
To Mardi Gras…
That would seem
Like something
For a “bucket list”…
But though I agree
With the philosophy
Laissez les bons temps rouler
I know there are other
And for me…better ways
To let the good times roll…
Perhaps some day I’ll go
But it’s still not on my list…
I can enjoy NOLA on any day
More than a city…it’s a state of mind
© 2016 Robert Mihaly
