A Bad Ending

you write something
you choose the words
the feelings are there
oozing
the memories are sticky
flashbacks like
scenes of a
play

you like it at the beginning
crispy and
onion flavored

you take the bite and chew
honestly

at the middle you shake
your head
your chair trembles
something is so wrong

you're impatient
you want to go to the ending
it is very bad
someone dies and people love the
murderer

it is very bad
society hates this kind of story
very unbecoming of
a narrative

but what is important
is just this plain honesty that sometimes
everything can be bad
just bad
and perhaps even so bad

gives you that feeling that you are right
and then
at the end you put a stop to words proclaiming that
a bad ending

can be so beautiful.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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