dry run

it’s time for a showdown
bananas peeled and cocked
protein death at fifteen paces!

the plugs are in the sockets
the cables are pulled through
i’m ready to cross swords!

we salute with both fish drawn
with bearskin pants and hats
pomp and ceremonial slap!

and poor shakespeare is goggling
from a portrait on the wall
at this school play of ‘hamlet’

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2023

a Question

To write, or not to write, that is the question…

But not while a hellish Muse keeps a gun
And air in your room is full of tension.
What must be done, that will be done.

To write, to write, to write… and no questions!

by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2014