One of my poems

It's been a while since I posted one of my poems so here's a humorous one from several years ago. It was published on the Crowsfeet online poetry website a few years back.

Defying The Devil

Get thee behind me, Satan!

Ah, on second thoughts

perhaps we could come to some

sort of accommodation.

Let's not be rash or over-nice.

What exactly are you offering?

And what's the price?

Before we begin the negotiation

I should point out

that I'm not so naive

as to actually believe

you would answer my every wish.

Nor do I expect you to be satisfied with

something so vague as my eternal soul.

So, if you could see your way

to gratifying some of my more

outlandish little peccadilloes -

those quirks of taste -

and supplying the necessary dosh

for a life of profligacy and waste,

I would be willing to submit

to becoming a social pariah;

to be held up as a bad example,

pointed at, pilloried, reviled

and abused by citizens driven to wild

outrage by my excesses.

I can't manage all that on my own,

I need a backer.

So, how do you feel?

What do you say?

Is it a deal?

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