a study toward sonnet #763 by FisherKingKQJ
You're ten feet long, if not bullet proof,
Amongst the theatre masks I feel outlaw,
My passive demeanour is just a spoof,
Your real indifference to me gout flaw.
Your epidural shots and pressures gnaw,
You've turned me into a bluefaced robber-
Your tourniquet arm, and ampoule draw
Me inside, we're one flesh under cobber.
Panic, fear, pride, guilt prove you a fobber,
An occicat out of the gladstone bag?
No, I'm neither blackmailer nor dobber-
I'm your new buzz, a Pavlov's dog red flag.
You grow to love me, as fun is no crime.
(Chorus)
$10,000 time
$10,000 period
$10,000 spell