Grasping At Straws- National Poetry Month-from the Archives

I am bringing back this poem that I wrote a couple of years back. I hope you enjoy it.

Grasping for Straws-Today's Written Poem of the Day

Okay since it's National Writing Poetry Month and I 've accepted the challenge, much has been on my mind. I've been searching high, I've been searching low,  sounds like Milli Vanilli to me!  BBBBBBBAAAAABBBAAA  BBBBAABBBYYY !!!!!!
Don't forget my number!
 Okay, don't forget my poem  is more like it.
So I've been grasping at straws all day! Enjoy!

Grasping At Straws

By Maureen Ucles

Today

In the Wee Hours of the Morning

I've been grasping

For some semblance of meaning

Some sort of reason why

I should hold on

onto

My iced tea

Breakfast haven, right?

McDonalds Inc
Okay now

Has my breakfast

Ready

Each 

Day

Today

Just like any other

Scrambled eggs

Sausage Patty

Drives me crazy

A little bit batty

Small coffee

Seven creams

No sugar

Not demanding

I am

Large Iced

Tea

No sugar

Just for

little old me

Not demanding

in the least

Had to wait

with a-

"Pull over to the side!"

that demeaning  raspy voice

To the side

Maybe 3 minutes

Stretch it out to more like five

Everything is fine

Or so I thought

Not so fast

Buster!

My straw!

My straw!

Where's

My straw?

My perfect

Mickey D's Delight

Striped with Red

Yellow 

and

Crowned with

White?

Are you kidding

me?

It's April 3rd now

Too late for the fools

But the jokes

 on me

yes me

I've got no straw

To call my own

Hold the stinking phone!

Did ya hear me?

No straw

To drink 

As I go!

I can't drink 

on my way

Lid comes off

So I can drink

But

It will spill 

as I break

On the Katy

Freeway

No straw and no lid

To  hold

All the tea 

That precious liquid cargo

gone flying out

Covering my seat

Splashing onto the dash

Into the glove

Compartment

All the way to the back

NOOOOO!

Life is so cruel

Incredibly unfair

How can I get through this day?

I really can't bare

it

Without my Mickey D's 

No straw,

no straw

 could you spare?

Sure 

I have napkins

napkins galore

On  my passenger's seat

Got Truvia packets in the 

all my compartments

Receipts on the floor

But no, no,

Straw to adore?

What's this world coming to?

When you cannot rely?

Ronald's dropped the ball

Made the unforgivable mistake

The straw is absent 

once more

Too much to take in

I'm loosing my mind

No marbles to be found here

I searched the whole car

I'm Out of luck 

I find

Myself tearing up

to no avail

Going to face it alone

I'm  locked interminably

In this draconian jail

So today is gone

The past  will linger

Tomorrow is not promised

However

I won't lift a finger.

Please give me a darn straw!

For crying out loud!

Before I  fall

Fall and fall

and fall

Remember, remember

 one 

and all-

Life is nothing

I said

Life is nothing!

I reiterate

Life is absolutely nothing

without some 

Iced Tea 

and a

STRAW!