LIFE'S DARKEST SECRET

Holy moly,  

this might be 

the most tantalizing title 

of all times.    

It grabs at you with its claws, 

jiggles you up and down.  

No way I could ever stop reading

a poem with a title like this.   

I dialed up the poet, 

one Perfecto Marchesa, 

and they told me 

that life’s darkest secret 

can be wrapped up in one word or less.    

What could it be? 

Loneliness?

Angst?

Greed?

Bisexuality? 

Morality? 

Repression?

Sorry, interesting but not in the ballpark.    

I had hoped to tell you more but unfortunately

this poem is now at its end.    

That, dear reader, is life’s darkest secret