ONCE GOLDEN

One Shot Wednesday

Poor little phone book

lying unclaimed in the road

tossed from a moving truck

in the general direction of that mailbox

someone was supposed to pick you up

but they said it's just more clutter

and closed the shutter

You were assembled with care

and you had a PURPOSE

in the beginning...

didn't we all

Now

what's left to behold

but the remnants of a wasted life

a tree

needlessly sacrificed

Your pages

once golden

now covered with dust

prematurely yellowed

with age

subjected to the elements

and whipping in the wind

those of us with similar tire tracks

across our backs

can identify

Lying spread-eagled

like a fallen woman

displaying

(ironically)

the section

for escort services

most of us

wanton as we may be

would not prefer to advertise

in such a blatant manner

And I guess it's one thing

to be yellow

from the outset

(or should that be offset?)

but the insult to injury

must surely be

that my dog

has peed on you

numerous times

All of us created with

the best of intentions

and sometimes

the worst of fates