I’ll Never Have a Pity Party, Mark Tulin — TunaFish Journal

Mark Tulin — TunaFish Journal
— Read on www.tunafishjournal.com/i1marktulin

This is a new site with a silly name, although I happen to love tuna fish. Check out their first issue on Celebrations and my poem, “I’ll Never Have a Pity Party.”

I’ll Never Have a Pity Party

I’ll never have a pity party, or celebrate my demise, 
teeth gnawing on pulled hearts strings
 I’ll never go down dark corridors of solemnity,
 as if I were so indispensable 
No one should be on a pedestal, 
flanked by a bleeding heart 
It’s only a lack of time 
that’s deceiving 
before discovering a fanciful idol’s 
imperfection 
I will not weep 
because I am too old and wise 
to collect tears of sorrow 
for past mistakes 
that long since passed.