I will cry of a
teapot to the head.
Blown wisely and swift
over whistling and giggling, the tatter about.
I will diminish my tea
to half a cup
to save, what I can, of this
teapot.
In a million pieces,
scattered about.
To pause me, in
my scathing and scratched-up hands.
To cause, what I’ll be - a scalding shot
to the face, the bladder, the mouth.
For the teapot, my head
is still mulling about.
Boiling, splashing all about,
wondering if
I can try one more time,
despite a heresy, a dot, and snot.
The red, it
runs down a lot.
So much, the teapot, crying in vain,
whistle and whistle, to numb the pain.
The end - it comes - a teapot
in pieces
boiling of red, of crying and shame.
The tea, I shall
sip not
of this teapot.
