constructing poetry

love stinks

it’s a mug filled with
the rotten choler of obligation choking me,
coating my tongue with its putrid stench
until my every word tastes of it.

it’s a tower fortress
the moat clogged with a hill
of vegetable slime and rotting fish
until there’s no escaping the stealthy figures
worming their way in.

it’s being buried in an avalanche
of little odors—rotting eggs and tar
and fetid breath—accumulating in a miasma
that surrounds me until my every deed is owed.

it’s lending my heart
into careless, indifferent hands
and receiving a shoe full of dung in return.

it’s hurting.

it’s falling for you,
again and again
and expecting you to be different
this time around.

line count: 21

Prompt for: April 17, 2016 ▼

Subject or Theme: Love Stinks! No turning this around ~ I want the downside of love ~ any type, not just romantic is required.
Word(s) to Include: avalanche, mug, hill (or any derivatives of these words)
Forbidden Word(s): break, crumble, good-bye, leave (or left), over (or any derivatives, compound or hyphenations of these words)
Additional Parameters: Free verse ONLY; 20 lines minimum
Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.