Love Poem: This August 26th 2018 Rendition Part I
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Written by: Matthew Harris

This August 26th 2018 Rendition Part I

This August 26th , 2018 rendition 
regarding previous literary endeavor
Wick End Up Date, Snippet Sans... 
...The Deadly Scourge   
...One Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder

(Never abating infiltrating 
writing material e'en superceding 
the death of John McCain, where
Munster monster rears gnashing 

undermining marriage with ambivalence.
Anorexia nervosa absent bulimia 
nadir of onset schizoid behavior,
which agonizingly slow suicide 
self starvation maelstrom within 

psyche of self prepubescent lad
(particularly devastating  
immediate family members)
emaciation pitted existential 

ghastly revulsion unseen,
wuthering heights wrung death 
knell annihilating fragile entity 
christened Matthew Scott Harris 

obvious preemtory imprimatur 
yieldeing covalent bond to die starkly 
horrified kith and kin helpless  
Zorro slashed signature profound 

perilous depressive psychological gouge. 
Now at about two plus score years 
attaining centenarian rank perfect 20/20 
hindsight supreme advantage swift under 

currents alluded drowning, when das 
scribe juiced started  to nibble puberty, 
whence devastating emotional crisis 
tripped, trilled, and tricked chronological 

clock theorizing numerous educated 
guesses within mindful middle progeny, 
and sole son (of Boyce and late Harriet Harris), 
why I willfully hurtled flesh at light speed
 
down abyss toward death. Literal and 
physical lightness manifested within 
nooks and crannies prior to full blown 
symptoms to eliminate sustenance 

drawing curtain on brief residence be
fore high noon of life. Metamorphosis 
from boyhood into man found solace 
attempting to keep at bay natural cycle,
 
which trans formation grieved me
pining nostalgic childhood’s end 
(one fraught with romanticism) 
vengefully interpreted attempt to halt 
deadly tracks intervention of mother, 
whose nursing experience helped fend  
passive attempt promulgated silent...