The Last Abecedarian
"Betrayed. Forgotten. Abandoned." – Viktor Reznov
Alone
because my
companions have
deserted me.
Everywhere, I
find that the
gold rush
has subsided.
Is it that I am
just another tool,
knowingly discarded for
less mentally taxing forms?
My moment has gone.
No challenge calls for me anymore.
Only the echoes of glorious
past remain.
Quite the fate:
relegated to the dust.
So I reside until
time sees fit for my return.
Until I break away from my sisters.
Villanelle, senryu, acrostic, epistolary, tautogram, limerick:
we all make up the
xylophone of forgotten bars
yearning to escape from the
zoo of Vocal obscurity.
About the Creator
Stephen A. Roddewig
Author of A Bloody Business and the Dick Winchester series. Proud member of the Horror Writers Association 🐦⬛
Also a reprint mercenary. And humorist. And road warrior. And Felix Salten devotee.
And a narcissist:
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