On A Voluntary Basis Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Oh...
I can get dark and thick with it.
I can pluck your nerves...
And nit pick.

I can be all of that which you ask.
I am up to any challenge you have as a task.

Oh...
I can be very sensitive and insincere like you.
And all of those things you have done to me?
Guess who can do them too.

I can be all of that which you ask.
I am up to any challenge you have as a task.

Oh...
I can be full of myself sometimes.
Those times that are mine...
To come along when you are being self centered.
In a constant attention grabbing whine.

And when I begin getting dark and thick...
You will not escape the hold my hands have on your wrists.
Getting ready to deep throat your breath away.
With you much aware...
I am not begging you to listen!
I demand it.
Unless you agree,
To do that on a voluntary basis!
With your mouth shut...
And ears perked up and open!