I workshopped this one here, too, but never managed to persuade anyone to publish it. [CORRECTION: An earlier version was published as "Insecurity Breach" in the Summer 2015 Issue of
Light. I think I like that title better....]
Lockdown
On 8 June 2014, Paris’ famed Pont des Arts footbridge was closed for several hours, because a section of fencing had collapsed into the Seine under the weight of thousands of “love locks”.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lo...s-arts-n126246
Oh padlock, bind
my love to me.
He's not inclined
to constancy.
I wish that he
were so designed,
but you can free
my fretful mind.
Oh locksmith, find
our lock, lest we
remain entwined
eternally!
Catastrophe!
Oh, I was blind!
But you can free
my fretful mind.
Oh river, grind!
Oh gravity!
You two, aligned,
will serve as key.
Oh entropy,
you’re called unkind,
but you can free
my fretful mind.
My heart can’t be
unvalentined,
but you can free
my fretful mind.