Monday, May 6, 2024

Shakespeare: I'm Not Going to Press Charges - poem

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

I’m Not Going to Press Charges

 

Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 40

 

I gave her my love freely; she did not steal

It only feels that way, for she is gone

She could not steal that which she was given

And she could not possibly leave it with me

 

The lock is broken, my poor room is rubbished

The neighbors saw nothing, my dog didn’t bark

The unseeing eyes of any cameras are dark

Love has no receipts, no inventory, no insurance

 

And so, officers of love, there is no report

Except that I lost my case in a higher court

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