The Mourning After The Morning After Poem by Alan S Jeeves

The Mourning After The Morning After

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The day came slowly as I peered out from behind my eyes,
There was no noise, only nonsense.
The sunrise had chosen not to wait for me,
He was needless of my company as he clambered over the hill ~
As the day was yet still.

A forlorn bottle lay reposing on the floor beside me,
His once golden torso now appeared transparent and vacant.
He cast his wide open eye over me curiously,
I wondered what he wondered, what he thought ~
I expect it was nought.

Far away in the kitchen the coffee pot murmured and babbled,
His familiar fragrance filling the morning air.
As I thought of the blackness that he embodied
I recalled the blackness of the night before ~
As I lay on the floor.

Suddenly a feminine voice cried 'Coffee? ',
Her unfamiliar fragrance filling the morning air.
Where the hell did she come from?
Oh well!
Time will tell.

I cautiously attempted to stand,
Stumbling across to the the table in the next room.
I resolved never to partake of such a thing again,
This morning of abject sorrow ~
At least not until tomorrow.

The Mourning After The Morning After
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A free verse piece from 1990 with a rhyming couplet closing each stanza
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Dillip K Swain 03 July 2021

A poignant poem that resembles the tone of Alfred Tennyson! Top score!

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