She meant to leave me
money; if she'd taken my
advice, would have done.
(Well, it's only a senryu, a three-line poem that has the shape of a haiku but deals with human affairs rather than a snapshot of a moment of enlightenment through contemplating Nature. It can't say everything. This poem was prompted by the Poets & Storytellers United.)
woulda coulda shoulda, they say. -Eric
ReplyDeleteYes...and on rereading I can see potential readings that wouldn't even be true. (The relative in question invested money that she had previously planned to leave to loved ones, and lost it all.) Well, this one's not going into any books. Thank you for visiting, anyway.
DeleteI like the wry humour!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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