For 2005: Which End Is Up?

[a chest poem]

WHISPER

expire with the passing time

decay

fray

shoved back into the lining

in pockets of hooded petty coats

turncoat of emotional release

where mint juleps sprinkle forget-me-nots

silent fables grass grown

but referred to

for secrets

yet to be harshly disrobed

a begged plea

reeking with regret

untold

but harbored

for once was thought of

as safe keeping

LIES

for once thought of

as safe keeping

but harbored

untold

reeking with regret

a begged plea

yet to be harshly disrobed

for secrets

referred to

silent fables grass grown

where mint juleps sprinkle forget-me-nots

turncoat of emotional release
in pockets of hooded petty coats

shoved back into the lining

to fray

decay

expire with the passing time

undeserved

trust

a

securing

fallacies

hushed

oozed

YOU

oozed

hushed

fallacies

securing

a

trust

undeserved