Dalliance

Down into the pit of hell

I do descend ever quick

And ever slippery so...

Pain bursts from my mind

Pervading my whole being

Spurned - - deserted am I

Lost and lonely - - for she

Has left me for another

Untimely and ungodly be

This act of shame by her

Hands knot with rage - - scream

And shout and ululate - - but

Nothing would calm this soul

Inconsolable me – grief-stricken

Wretched rag of poor humanity

Warn you will I of woman sly - -

Who takes your very soul and

Heart - - but to rip it from thy

Heaving chest. Malodorous

Female - - beware her treachery

While in your sleep so does she

In dalliance play - - afoot with

Every gadabout or lusty lad

Come cut the heart from my

Chest - - for I would feel it not