Ill open the potato chips and leave only one

Ill open the bag of cookies and leave only crumbs

The tater tots will vanish, a carrot in their place

Ill crush up all your pringles and leave nothing i their place

Ill walk around your house and leave handprints on the glass

Ill wait for three months and still not cut the grass

I wont take off my shoes after playing in the mud

And ill walk on your carpet and all over your rug

I wont change the light bulb when it flickers and goes out

Ill fill up the bathtub with a bunch of flailing trout

I wont close the fridge while I pour a glass of milk

And all ill put in a load of wash is one yellow kilt

Im holding my upbringing for ransom, mom

And theres no way you can sway me

Cause theres no way Ill move out and get a job

So if you want me to leave, pay me

Loving you was never easy

But I never minded pain.

Your eyes and heart

Could look right through me

And nothing would remain.

In that way I was always yours

- I never doubted your love.

But I do admit

Your truth was something

I’d be wary of.

Your warmth would melt me

Through and through,

And your smile

Was always

My favorite view.

So looking back,

I never knew.

Just how small

I was

To you.

Rivulets

Review lets,

Resplendence

Reap laced love

Descend Ants

beneath the soil

No One has all the work done

Complete part is an illusion.

Tall King. Nonsensational.

Whirled, tore!

Lass Irate.

Review lets,

Dripping drops dabbed

Row Seawards

of no comfort.

Creak creepily winding

Undue Late Current

Clean sing save yours

Review lets,

How to beg I’ll one shamelessly

in formation

ink on grew us.

Beef or I go

How rare a show

Sin til late.

In sin I rate.

Temper it your climb.

Review lets,

flow no longer,

cracked riverbed

corporeal fork low sure

Bird in sum

know more.

No less.

…Worry not sir and miss,

You child’s in no danger.

Take heed of this letter,

Though I’m merely a stranger.

Currently - he’s safe with me

Don’t dare speak this to a soul,

Nor contact the authorities.

Breach of this plan - Derek will forever sleep.

The reunion instructions will be sent,

Pending this plan be executed with discretion.

He’ll be clean, healthy, warm and fed,

Simply follow my directions.

I require one million dollars - unmarked cash,

In hundred dollar bills - stacked in a black leather bag.

Arrive at the corner of West and Park,

Outside the Gallery is a newspaper stand.

Place the money in the bag,

And the bag in the stand.

Two am tomorrow,

And you’ll get Derek back.

I’ve given my solemn word,

That I’ve no ill intentions.

This transaction shall be smooth,

Should you complete the aforementioned.

Once the money is counted,

You’ll receive instructions to unite.

Beware deviation of the plan,

And Derek shall die without a fight.

I promise I’ll care for him well,

Yet he naturally missies you two.

He hates my cooking - says I smell,

And my face looks like dog-doo.

Since It’s clear your son is spoiled,

I mustn’t end without mention,

His bright eyes show signs of toil,

And he shared that he lacks your attention.

For money may be,

The only fix that I need,

Derek needs time and love,

From Mommy and from Daddy.

Above finely catered meals,

And nanny’s fluffing satin pillows,

He needs parents who hug him,

And who lock up his windows.

To you I’m a schmuck,,

Perhaps even a goon.

But I once lacked attention,

Yet ate from a silver spoon.

The baby boy with the spoon,

Becomes a man with a sharp knife.

Please don’t force me use it,

For Derek needn’t die.

A suggestion to consider,

Derek believes this merely a game,

Shall the truth be revealed,

His psychosis may be your blame.

Thoughtfully yours,

The Jagged Coast Kiddie-Snatcher

I know where i went wrong,

The

First

Time.

But learning from mistakes,

Is whats

It

All

About.

First, i need

to

get

my hands on

a pack of llamas.

I'll write about it, all.

No way this works,

Without those llamas.

Only they could find the

Tanacity, to

Go on,

They all laughed,

Said i'll be food for the polar bears,

But

They don't have a clue.

They think there's a pole going through that...

I know better,

And the lush, rainforest,

Is waiting,

Between the mountains,

And the scent of that rotting vegitation,

Those milipedes scurrying,

Will stay hidden,

If not for a well trained

Pack of camelids.

The dangers are considerable,

I know all about it,

But you dont get to carnegie hall,

Without buying a ticket.

You also dont get to carnegie hall,

With bermuda pants.

It's all on the planning.

You amaze me

You bewitch me

You hold me with your gaze

I want you, I’ll try all of the ways

For you, I’ll go to hell and back

Of your beauty, you deserve a plaque

I’d even find a four leafed clover

With you the world seems to be heaven carried over

I need you, you are pulchritudinous

You are beautiful, luminous

You are priceless

A man would kill for you, without you I am lifeless

I need you

I want you…