#3 - It Doesn't Have To

What is that?
He asked
sneering.
A poem,
She grins.
No.
It doesn't rhyme.
It doesn't have to.
It's free-verse.
A poem?
A poem that doesn't rhyme?
Free verse.
I don't like it,
He grumbled.
You don't have to.
It's mine.
Make it rhyme!
No.
Please?
No.
It doesn't have to.
I don't like it!
Scowling.
She laughs.
You don't have to.
I don't get it.
It doesn't rhyme.
Glaring.
It doesn't have to!
He pleads,
one more time.
Make
It
Rhyme!
It's free verse,
It doesn't have to.
He
S
T
O
M
P
S
away.
She smiles.
Tomorrow,
A Haiku.


- Laura Freeman -
April 3, 2013