I Need Someone to Break My Heart Again

I need another doe-eyed Doña Lola,

a tungsten-hearted torturer of men.

I crave a further fling at love’s tombola,

to beard the lioness inside her den.

 

Of course, it always runs into the buffers:

their sex is unremitting, unforgiving:

but he is truly fortunate who suffers:

to be in love again -- that’s really living!

 

She must have bags of charm, and must deploy it.

I want to give my heart, have her destroy it,

or better still, to gouge it from my chest,

for when my love is spurned, I’m at my best.

I get to pout and pose, and blue-eyed-boy it:

and if the truth be told, I quite enjoy it!

Reviews

[rumpole]

like the rhyme. Can't say any more as I am new to this site and don't want to tread on any toes.

[Arezzo]

Well, I'm pleased that you like the rhyme. I've only been here four days myself. Thank you for the review ... and may I ask, why "Rumpole"?

[Anahat]

Wow! This was powerful.
I loved the line "I want to give my heart, have her destroy it!
Lovely.
Cheers!

-Love Anahat :)

[Arezzo]

Thank you very much!

[Adiyah]

v got to enoy such an impecblle piece of poetry because of ur heartbreak :)

[Arezzo]

Thank you very much! I'm glad that you liked it.

[Nico Reznick]

Ah, heartbreak can be the ultimate in self-indulgence, can't it? A luxury to be enjoyed when we can afford it and survive it. Well expressed. A jaunty, dynamic piece. Very enjoyable to read.

[Arezzo]

You are rapidly accumulating a mountain of debt (on my part) that I will be repaying for a long time to come. Thank you very much for these glowing words -- "jaunty", "dynamic" -- I love them!

It's great that you see things the same way as I do, that a large part of our romantic tragedies is, in fact, narcissistic fun.

I'm so grateful!