"Love sucks," said the God to the Vampyre,
But She laughed because She already knows
That love not only sucks, it blows,
And He burned too hard and lost his fire
Because round and round and round it goes
And it throws off those who can't dance on their toes.
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C. Rommial Butler
C. Rommial Butler is a writer, musician and philosopher from Indianapolis, IN. His works can be found online through multiple streaming services and booksellers.
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Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore5 days ago in Humans
Comments (16)
Dark humor, yet I found myself laughing. Nicely done!!!
Powerful images and deep emotions beautifully provide a captivating exploration of love. A mesmerizing experience and excellent work!
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Dark humor! I love it. Great job, Charles!
Hahahahahahaha that made me laugh. Loved it!
Fantastic! Go CRB! 💪🏾
Love not only sucks it blows! Delightfully whimsical and darkly cynical, Rommi. Loved your comic and contrarian entry to the challenge. PS. Best line from Space Balls: “I’m surrounded by assholes!”
Way to go on this one. It might be sad but it was funny.
This is fantastic and nice using the Spaceballs clip! Well wrought sir, as you would say!
Excellent!
This was fun to read!
Really well written ✍️♦️♦️♦️♦️
Haha. Well done.
Good one❤️
Bravo!! Love this!! Plus love the Mel Brooks clip, lol
Love the wordplay!