For today’s prompt, I want you to take the phrase “Should (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make that the title of your poem, and write your poem. Examples could be “Should I Buy This Outfit,” “Should You Leave Before I Buy This Outfit,” or “Should This Outfit Be in the Title? You Don’t Even Know What This Outfit Looks Like Anyway.” The Clash even wrote a song to this prompt (okay, they didn’t write a song to this prompt, but their song fits this prompt) called, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?“
should love
___drop from up above
(like apples) unexpected
and unaskedfor (as a puppy)
open up your heart
(like flowers), open
without will but in its season
love will come or not
no matter love’s like money
(unanticipated) open up
and grasp it (freely)
should love
drop
I’d settle for the money drop myself.I certainly would grasp it,grab it by its little neck all the way to the bank.
Ah, that’s not to say there’s exclusivity. There’s nothing wrong with money that a new leather bag can’t cure, and maybe some shoes to match ( though not precisely, that’s the mistake) My ethics are suspect: I like leather far too much. (just leave my cats alone; you have to draw a line)