Froggie Went A-Courtin'

the most hateful things begin
the most serpendipitous capers
beneath the cloak & dagger
all is cheer and ambition
giving out new names
like paranoia post-Reagan era
re-shooting scenes from slasher flicks
as if Aesop was a Torquemada
of epigrams or haiku

we give eachother
excess
so must die

It is the last part that matters
All's well that ends