Gone Haywire and Other Old Sayings

All these poems come from a suite-in-progress called Old Sayings. They are based on English clichés, bromides, idiomatic locutions, &c. Actually, "based on" is not correct; sometimes, a phrase is the starting point for a poem (e.g. "What Do You Want for Nothing?"), but at other times, a poem begins from the usual dark source and the title comes later.