mornings, religious & daring
temperament, calm & judicious
coffee, essential & pairing
to my bereavement, though inauspicious
so pen to paper I write
to denounce the author I fight
upper handed, my shame and misery
dismissed in the frying pan of chivalry
for yesterday & yester-years
i say, so long, to inhibition
fighting back the festered tears
salut to new decisions