Farewell To Wells Poem by John Sensele

Farewell to Wells, spells, sales, pails and bells I thought I knew
Far in a distant past where a vast repast
Titillated dilated taste buds that chose to elate a few
Lasses I thought I loved save until I realized my die was cast.

Farewell Janine, Theresa, Caroline and lasses
Who elected to eject to an effervescent effect my dodgy dots
In Livingstone, Mazabuka, Choma, Monze, Siavonga, Chikankata where fabulous faces
Remain etched on my soul drenched in seas of regrets despite my corduroy coats.

Farewell streams of dreams I beheld when seamless skirts I hurt
Stepping on toes which cropped up on mowed lawns in my coterie
As benign blood rushed and sushed my bush with a manner too curt
To unleash on buddies as if I'd won by default a loony lottery.

Farewell Fidelia, Eucharia, Maria and Delilah, Maureen and Annie
Ruth, Memory and sources of love who chose to endorse
My proclivity when stability stiffened my knock knee
As for two hours I trudged in a bush to stay the course to a maroon mess.