Sentenced

[Delta40]

All you need for life

A dribble of milk
and hard cheese

Everything you wished for

Tears as I escape
through bars which stand between us

[loki456]

wow sounds like a bad nursing home....
or an inept rat... either way i guess (sorry... black humor, comes with the job)

nice little excerpt into end of life, that I would wish upon no one.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Insofar as I can guess at the occasion for this poem, it's the brave maintenance of the economy that makes it especially moving. Multum in parvo.

[zoolane]

I hope, I do not end up in this nursing home.

[Scheherazade]

Delta,

I enjoy your quirky style and how you express so much with a minimalist approach (though I wish this one lasted a little longer).

Nicely done, I say :)

[hillwalker]

The opening is very subtle - for most of us the first 'meal' we take is 'a dribble of milk' - and 'hard cheese' (or 'tough luck') is what many end up with by the end.....

.....which is why I thought the 'mouldy bread' and 'rancid butter' might be superfluous - unless they are meant to signify poor home-making skills due to dementia or some such condition.

Very cryptic, and as usual we are all required to think when reading your poetry.

H

[Delta40]

You're right Hill. Who wants to be superfluous? not me! Make-up remover applied!