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# A Love Poem By Ahab Candomblé
- URL: https://www.theliftedveil.uk/alovepoembyahabcandomble/
- Published: 2025-08-06T17:30:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T22:48:41.000Z
- Description: By Colonel G.R. Tomaini
- Author: Bailey Booth
- Tags: CREATIVE WRITING, #gregory

Only a stupid poet . . .   
could think a poem ,  
capable of capturing your beauty ! 

The honey of the beecomb ,   
tastes not as sweet ,   
as your blushing kisses . 

Magnificent girl ,   
into the curls of your hair ,   
will I swirl . 

Girl ! Here I stand ,   
in your shadow ,   
lightened by your glimmer . 

Purple majesty !   
You reign over my heart ,   
will you care for your property ? 

O ! Who ever had —   
in his sights — a beauty  
such as you , to bless his eyes ? 

You ! What spell  
have you cast over me ?   
I am yours . 

My maiden ,   
how much longer will you   
make me wait , to love you ? 

  
Who birthed you —  
Aphrodite ? Beauty ! —  
will you consider my outstretched hand ? 

Chasity , for you !   
For a face as fine as yours ,   
will chaste I keep ; marry me ? 

Where are   
beauties such as you ,   
made ? Surely in heaven . . . 

I thought I smelled your perfume —  
in a shopping center the other day —   
but then , it was only a bundle of roses . 

Will your delicate hands —  
fit into this diamond ring —  
that belonged to my grandmother ? 

My heart flails its   
vulnerable side to you —   
will you reject it ? 

Be with me !   
Be with me forever !   
I offer my soul to you —

do you accept ? 

Oh good . That trite love poetry ,   
will have successfully disguised   
this urgent plea for help . . .

By the time you are reading this ,   
it may well be too late for me !

If you ‘ re reading this —  
that means that my letter made it out ;  
I risked everything to get this   
outside ; I only pray my captors   
don ‘ t find it first . . .   
Here ‘ s the story — I ‘ m being held   
against my will — on a farm — somewhere   
in Vermont . I can ‘ t remember where .   
This place is a living hell —  
I ‘ m gnashing my teeth just   
thinking about it . Every night , they   
torture me — and they really enjoy it ,   
the sickos . They get off on it — they even   
recorded it , one time ! They said they ‘ ll   
play it back for me later . . . and that I ‘ ll   
eventually grow to like it , just like they do .   
I can ‘ t think about my pride , right now ,   
or about how much I ‘ ve suffered  
under this roof . . . If you want the truth   
I almost wish I were dead . They ‘ ve made   
my life such a living hell — it ‘ s gruesome .   
A few hours ago , they took my friends .   
I don ‘ t know where they took them —   
or what happened to them — I only know ,   
that whatever happened to them . . .   
was absolutely horrific . I ‘ m sorry —  
I just teared a little bit —   
and a few tears fell on this letter .   
Please don ‘ t mind that — I can ‘ t help it .   
I can barely bring myself to finish this —  
I ‘ ll try to wrap it up as soon as I can .   
Before you even finish reading this letter —  
call the cops ! I need a helicopter squad   
searching for me . Make sure they have   
SWAT teams search every farm in Vermont .   
It ‘ s the only way they ‘ re ever going to find me .   
One of my captors drives a Toyota Prius ,   
and the other one drives a blue minivan ,   
I forget which company makes it —  
guess it doesn ‘ t matter too much —  
so that should help narrow down their search .   
Call the cops ! Do it ! I don ‘ t have much time left :  
I can feel it . Tell them to send dog teams , too —   
who knows what we ‘ re up against .   
Now that you ‘ ve returned to the letter —   
after calling the cops — I need you to   
call all of the major news stations   
and alert them to my status . . .  
as a prisoner against my will .   
Put down this letter and do it , friend !   
Now ! And on second thoughts ,   
call the cops again — maybe have them   
send in the air force to fly a few jets   
around the tri – state area — my captives   
told me that they can do a lot   
worse than I could ever imagine —  
so we can ‘ t take any chances !   
Hey , maybe you could even get   
Spiderman to come rescue me ?   
That ‘ d be cool — he ‘ s my favorite   
superhero . Could you call him up ?   
My stupid captives won ‘ t ever let me   
go see his movies , even though   
all of my friends at school are allowed   
to go see them whenever they please .   
It took all that I could do ,   
to persuade them to buy me   
the recent Spiderman action figures . . .  
Once I got them , I played with them   
non – stop , and for hours . I kept being   
too tired to do my homework , so my   
captives eventually took my action figures   
away — which was a few hours ago . Now ,   
they ‘ ve got me holed up in the attic ,   
until I have learned my lesson —   
I don ‘ t know what these sickos think   
my lesson is , but the only lessons ,   
that I damn sure know anything about ,   
are the ones that Mrs . Hendrickson —   
who teaches the second grade at my school ,  
teaches me during class . But ! my captives   
are really sinister — that ‘ s why I stopped   
calling them my parents , and started   
calling them my captives — I don ‘ t know   
what kind of lesson these sickos have   
in mind for me , but I know it won ‘ t be   
another same old , same old multiplication   
lesson , like the kinds Mrs . Hendrickson gives .   
Those lessons are super hard — but nothing   
compares to the grief of losing my best friends —  
my superman action figures — oh ! and let me   
tell you what they did to me , earlier this evening .   
My captives — they told me — the sickos —   
that they ‘ d prepared a real special supper   
for me — the sickos even said I would like it .   
Then — they had the nerve to place a plate   
in front of me , covered with sesame tofu ,   
and garlic broccoli — it makes me want to   
puke , just thinking about it !   
Aw no , I just puked all over this letter .   
I don ‘ t have another sheet of paper —   
so it ‘ ll have to do . I started wailing —   
I said I wouldn ‘ t eat it . Then they   
freaked out — being sickos , after all —  
and forced me to eat the broccoli . . .   
It ‘ s difficult for me to write about !  
I ‘ m sorry , I just spilled some more tears   
onto this letter . Look ! I ‘ m sensitive !   
They can ‘ t do this to me ! It ‘ s illegal !   
I don ‘ t know what these sickos  
think that they are doing — but I learned   
about the constitution in Mrs . Hendrickson ‘ s   
class — my parents can ‘ t get away with this —  
please , get Spiderman , have him rescue me —  
and then he ‘ ll turn my parents over   
to the coppers , and they ‘ ll arrest these —  
boogerheads ! I ‘ m kind of sleepy — I ‘ ll finish here .   
Mommie gave me some sleepy time   
milk , and it has really worn me out .   
Ugh — I loathe her — how could she   
take away my Spidermans , and   
force me to eat “ healthy ” broccoli?   
Despicable ! It isn ‘ t fair , and she ‘ ll   
find out the hard way — believe me —  
when she ‘ s doing time in a federal prison .   
And don ‘ t get me started on Papa —  
I realized my life was a living hell ,   
when he told me that I couldn ‘ t get   
the inflatable bouncy house , that   
I wanted from the store . My life   
is so hard ! Papa may even get the   
electric chair , who knows ! He ‘ s a real   
sicko , too . Okay — I ‘ ll throw this   
out of the window , and hope   
to dearest God someone finds it —   
and sends help ! Remember :  
send the helicopter search teams ! 

Yours fondly , 

Ahab Candomblé , 

Second Grade  
Sargasso State Preparatory Academy