Bad Romance? Hah!

Entry for What Lies Beneath Oct. 30 2009 prompt

“Bad Romance? Hah!”

So you want to know
About “Bad Romance”?
Hah! Let me tell
you all about one.
Bad Romance isn't
When your boyfriend
leaves you or
Your girlfriend says
So long, I got another guy.

Bad Romance is when
You love the One you shouldn't.
NO! not the married, silly!
Not the engaged, the spoken for.
I mean the One
You really ought not love:
The Dead.

Yes, you heard me:
I said the Dead. The Ghost. The Lost.
The Spirit that just won't quit this world.
You fall for one of them,
then you're lost just like they've been.
Your skin pales, you don't eat.
You don't answer your phone,
You don't speak.
No TV, no reading, no coffees out with friends.
Nahah, no more life for you,
Now you're more like them.

Look for you at the Cemetery
Cause you sure won't be at home.
Pining, weeping, yearning, longing
All your cares been gone.
Now you want the Gone, not live folks any more.
You're no good to us your friends
And you're sure no good to you.

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