COMEDY Poem: A Hearfelt Plea OR The Last Kangaroo, by Peri Lyons

Oh
How could you do
This to me, who
Has loved you so long!
Oh the disaster!
You ran off with our pastor
And that’s not all too!
When you ran,
you took my heart
My money; most expensive art;
But:
What
turned my heart deep blue:
Was that you took-
You awful crook!-
You took
My Specially Trained
Kangaroo.

I see you now,
You three-or two;
-Just two, without the kangaroo-
Or three, if you include him too;
Or four: my poor heart makes one more;
All of us-I mean all of you-
Are riding into a sunset, ooh.

Just you and him,
And me and you,
And a wellworn
Didgereedoo*

And of course,
-That’s not a horse!
It’s way too cool:
it’s our specially trained
but-who knew? so cruel!-
Kangaroo.

Now I am not a bitter man,
But dear it does seem cruel;
After all that I looked past,
To do this last thing too:

[spoken:]

I forgave you
When you strayed with my best friend
My catchers’ mitt
A vat of organic peanut butter
Some Filipino acrobats
And a cockatoo-
Hey,
I thought it was just an amour fou!

But now I know better
Since I got your letter.
It was a picture of You.
With Bob,
that swine with whom you flew,
And worst of all,
What hurts of all,
It’s true-
In the middle of the two
of You
is …. Jim:
My Extremely
Specially Trained,
And Ungrateful,
HardHearted
Kangaroo!

By Peri Lyons, The Poet Who Understands. -Sort of. 2024