Aug 2017
SHAKESPEARE – SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD
Nothing but
a bauble
in the firmament
a nebula
far beyond Orion
light years
from here
from this
blob of blue.
The alien's elation
at our perfect planet
perfect for
plucking
like a blueberry
picked from the stem
held
in the palm
savoured.
The rest
gone to making
Auntie's jam.
Auntie Blob
as we called her
( never to her
face of course )
nibbling at her Bible
searching for the perfect quote
clipping her toenails
on yesterday's front page
kicking Shakespeare
"Outta de way!"
That hound
nothing but bones
reminds her of her
second husband
that's why she's so
mean to him.
Shakespeare decides to
"Beat it!"
knows her quickness
to anger
hunts along the lake
shore shingle
whereupon he's beamed up
for alien analysis.
"Strange being!"
they intone
mystified
at his four legs
they only
having one.
Alien language
unknown to us
nothing but
tones and bleeps and high pitched notes
piped
with great elan
but Shakespeare gets the jist
of everything they're saying.
Shakes ***** a leg
****** on
their controls
the master board
nothing but smoke...flames!
Old Shakes
decides to hunt out that flea
in his left
rear.
Aliens don't take so well
to fleas
tear themselves
apart
flee to the far side
lock themselves into pressurised suits.
Shakes howls
homesick
even for Auntie Blob's
bad hearted kicks.
Alien ears explode.
Survivors beam down
Shakes as fast as they can.
"Earth creatures
can not be overcome!"
runs the report
in capital bleeps and tones.
"Shakespeare...Shakespeare
you come here!"
"Now!"
"Bad dog...bad dog!"
He crawls on his belly
dodges an ill-timed blow.
"Where in the world
you been?"
A kick gets him
in the privates.
He cowers
underneath his chair.
"Lord...Lord
what a night!"
"That blue!
it's outta this world!"
She catches a falling star
out of the corner of her eye.
She isn't superstitious.
She makes no wishes.
"Lord God...where's that
**** dog!"
Shakespeare whines
softly to him self
the Dog star
reflected in his right eye.
Shakespeare the saviour
of the world.
obnubilate
Nothing but
a bauble
in the firmament
a nebula
far beyond Orion
light years
from here
from this
blob of blue.
The alien's elation
at our perfect planet
perfect for
plucking
like a blueberry
picked from the stem
held
in the palm
savoured.
The rest
gone to making
Auntie's jam.
Auntie Blob
as we called her
( never to her
face of course )
nibbling at her Bible
searching for the perfect quote
clipping her toenails
on yesterday's front page
kicking Shakespeare
"Outta de way!"
That hound
nothing but bones
reminds her of her
second husband
that's why she's so
mean to him.
Shakespeare decides to
"Beat it!"
knows her quickness
to anger
hunts along the lake
shore shingle
whereupon he's beamed up
for alien analysis.
"Strange being!"
they intone
mystified
at his four legs
they only
having one.
Alien language
unknown to us
nothing but
tones and bleeps and high pitched notes
piped
with great elan
but Shakespeare gets the jist
of everything they're saying.
Shakes ***** a leg
****** on
their controls
the master board
nothing but smoke...flames!
Old Shakes
decides to hunt out that flea
in his left
rear.
Aliens don't take so well
to fleas
tear themselves
apart
flee to the far side
lock themselves into pressurised suits.
Shakes howls
homesick
even for Auntie Blob's
bad hearted kicks.
Alien ears explode.
Survivors beam down
Shakes as fast as they can.
"Earth creatures
can not be overcome!"
runs the report
in capital bleeps and tones.
"Shakespeare...Shakespeare
you come here!"
"Now!"
"Bad dog...bad dog!"
He crawls on his belly
dodges an ill-timed blow.
"Where in the world
you been?"
A kick gets him
in the privates.
He cowers
underneath his chair.
"Lord...Lord
what a night!"
"That blue!
it's outta this world!"
She catches a falling star
out of the corner of her eye.
She isn't superstitious.
She makes no wishes.
"Lord God...where's that
**** dog!"
Shakespeare whines
softly to him self
the Dog star
reflected in his right eye.
Shakespeare the saviour
of the world.
obnubilate
''PRONUNCIATION:(ob-NOO-buh-layt, -NYOO-)
MEANING:verb tr.: To cloud over, obscure, or darken.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) + nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is also a derivative of nubes.
MEANING:verb tr.: To cloud over, obscure, or darken.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) + nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is also a derivative of nubes.
