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They've been working on this for years Inside the government To try a replace the brain of man With that of a purple eggplant This idea to me sounds genius If you know what it is that I mean People round here might start making sense Pass the veggies if you please They called all the top notched scientists And vegetarians throughout the land To see what would be the best variety In this eggplant transplant experiment They settled on the aubergine Great Brittan's joy and pride When it comes to the perfect eggplant Those Limey's will not be denied They were afraid if they went to the private sector That person would surely be missed So they grabbed someone unsuspecting Inside of the government They told the low level employee A bit of truth mixed with a little white lie They needed him for his vast understanding and knowledge Plus they'd be serving cookies on the side They added a little something to the cookie dough That knocked the governmental genius to his knees Plopped him down on the gurney ...Let the experiment proceed if you please They cracked his skull wide open Where upon they couldn't believe their eyes Right there inside of his cranium Already an eggplant did reside
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Jul 12, 2013
Jul 12, 2013 at 4:34 PM UTC
Eggplant Transplant Experiment
how have you been? we never talk anymore god knows I was stupid enough that afternoon to give up on frisbee and throw it all away in a few words plopped at your feet in the grass and sun and I do regret it, but there's nothing to be done to remedy the situation now I just remember the texting marathons at two in the morning with phones plugged into walls because our batteries couldn't keep pace with our excitement I remember Bo and Jenny, your matching dogs Bo was always the chill one, probably still is and I remember convincing you, making sure you knew drugs were never the answer to loneliness and now it has all been thrown away for so long and you've embraced what you will I only wish I could take it back
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Jan 25, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 at 12:33 AM UTC
Frisbee
On opposite sides of a telephone line Signals from satellites bounce between The waves of silence that are plopped uneasily Within our absent minded conversation I breathe, hoping it is not too loud A sigh, a release from this purgatory But any microscopic sound or respiratory Inspires him to question me "What are you doing?" he asked halfheartedly While I lay and watch my wall paint crack As minutes tick by, sigh after sigh Of not knowing which words to utter So I break the silence finally With a insincere and restless goodnight Because this is how you end a fight But I still hung on to silence until the line died
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Jun 18, 2015
Jun 18, 2015 at 11:35 PM UTC
A Very Passive Aggressive Phone Call
Blink Blink...Where did it go? The Time? The Moment flies when we lack the material in which to fill it. Empty spaces...A Lack of Bravery? To come forth with some creative Self Fulfillment? The wic must be lit in order to speed the rocket to blast... The Rocket shoots the message, in our works, if we fill the right Creative Powders to Blast from within it. Can you blame another soul? If you fail when you never stepped a foot forward and tried? Through fear you sat in front of the TV with some "Kentucky Fried." As your friends shake their heads and watched as you sat there and died. Moments shall take from us just as they can add... Parts to us if we never add them...The pieces to the puzzle... That are lost are never placed in The picture that was our life. As we allowed ourselves to fade to sin. The choices were clear as we made them. Even with a huge sign to point the way, we ignored that still. So, who's was that weak will? Fear can never conquer or control us unless we give into it. So jump up and rejoice as you regain bravery and "get with it!" A mind sparks to flame...Lights the powder of the rocket from where the true creativity came. Not copies of a copy of an already thought up creation. No. It was the fresh slice of the pie that earned us another penny. Placed in the jar that is our thirst for "winning." One,two,until it adds to A Million or more. Due to our bravery....Our wills are free to score. Now the moment arrives again. Where doubt weighs you down. In front of the TV is where you are now seated with that Bucket of "Kentucky Fried." What is the path you seek to take? That's it! Off the couch, you turned off the Television. Plopped down the delicious fatty, and  dream-killing snacks.. to the void...you are not headed. You are now,braver. You put one foot in front of the other. Now you are still winning my "Creative Brother." Now you have the life, the change, and the jar from which it came. For each of the moments that you carefully used up in your life... A penny was earned... The celebration cake shall now  be cut.... through the sharp blade.. of Success' Knife. Where fear shall never,Freely Roam Amuck.
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Jan 5, 2016
Jan 5, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC
Bravery and Kentucky Fried
Blink Blink...Where did it go? The Time? The Moment flies when we lack the material in which to fill it. Empty spaces...A Lack of Bravery? To come forth with some creative Self Fulfillment? The wic must be lit in order to speed the rocket to blast... The Rocket shoots the message, in our works, if we fill the right Creative Powders to Blast from within it. Can you blame another soul? If you fail when you never stepped a foot forward and tried? Through fear you sat in front of the TV with some "Kentucky Fried." As your friends shake their heads and watched as you sat there and died. Moments shall take from us just as they can add... Parts to us if we never add them...The pieces to the puzzle... That are lost are never placed in The picture that was our life. As we allowed ourselves to fade to sin. The choices were clear as we made them. Even with a huge sign to point the way, we ignored that still. So, who's was that weak will? Fear can never conquer or control us unless we give into it. So jump up and rejoice as you regain bravery and "get with it!" A mind sparks to flame...Lights the powder of the rocket from where the true creativity came. Not copies of a copy of an already thought up creation. No. It was the fresh slice of the pie that earned us another penny. Placed in the jar that is our thirst for "winning." One,two,until it adds to A Million or more. Due to our bravery....Our wills are free to score. Now the moment arrives again. Where doubt weighs you down. In front of the TV is where you are now seated with that Bucket of "Kentucky Fried." What is the path you seek to take? That's it! Off the couch, you turned off the Television. Plopped down the delicious fatty, and  dream-killing snacks.. to the void...you are not headed. You are now,braver. You put one foot in front of the other. Now you are still winning my "Creative Brother." Now you have the life, the change, and the jar from which it came. For each of the moments that you carefully used up in your life... A penny was earned... The celebration cake shall now  be cut.... through the sharp blade.. of Success' Knife. Where fear shall never,Freely Roam Amuck.
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There you were, with chocolate all over your fingers And a huge grin plastered all over your face. You plopped those truffles into your mouth As if you were a starving child, Eyes shining, like it was the first time you’d tasted food in weeks. That night I heard you crying And when I came into your periwinkle purple room You had chocolate all down your cheeks As if your tears weren’t made of salty water But rather, salted caramels Melting down your burning cheeks. There you were, looking so small buried in your mountain of a duvet. I hugged you, and squeezed you Told you that if I could, I would serve you chocolate truffles for every meal With chocolate milk to wash them down. I asked you what was wrong And you said you didn’t know. And you still don’t know. And still, when I sneak in to kiss your cheek When the lights are dim and I think you’ve fallen asleep, My lips meet chocolate tear drops, And my heart sinks because never has anything so sweet tasted so bitter.
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May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 at 10:15 PM UTC
Chocolate
My body ached I felt bruised Stretched to the limits I felt physically abused. My insides were moved To different locations It felt unreal It was a surreal sensation. My back hurt My bones shifted I felt sick The pain persisted. I felt like being ripped From the inside out They watched and waited As I continued to shout. Oh! The pain! Oh! The discomfort! I lay there out of breath As I pushed with all my effort. One last great push It will soon end I screamed I shouted Then stillness Silence fell My head plopped back I felt like I was under a spell. The silence was broken By a piercing wail It sounded like an angel And you were unveiled. Nothing ached anymore There you are My little angel My little shining star.
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Apr 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 at 2:44 AM UTC
Surreal
I My five-five-fingers of my hands Zestfully lived In serenity. The three thrill fingers of my right hand: Thumb, index finger and middle finger Stoutly lived civilly and gleefully Amongst her BROTHERS: They rested gleefully upon the placid, SHARP-SABLE-POINTED-DART. II Sharp sable pointed-dart; Perched in the midst of the three thrill fingers And laid rest upon the hungry, ****** DUSKY-SHEET, which sprawled Bear flat on the glossy desk. The glossy desk accompanying the earth The earth accompanying its depth. III The other two fingers of my right hand: Ring finger and little finger Calmly leisure, plopped on the hungry, ****** dusky-sheet And lent ears to the Sharp-sable-pointed-dart, Sharp-sable-pointed-dart, Muttering vignettes of yesterday Muttering vignettes of today Muttering vegnettes of tomorrow. Upon the glossy desk My five fingers of my left hand too Laid rest, and eyeballed the sharp-sable-pointed-dart, Muttering deep thoughts. IV Look, All you who waded through lines: All you who unearth the heart Of this earth, hunting for treasures Pore over my ten fingers. My ten fingers, As pure as a full ****** moon. I have dunked deep my five fingers Of my right hand with my progenitors In a bowl of sweet dishes And nibbled singed YAMS amidst The thriving vegetables. V But my forefinger of my left hand Never been raised above To curse the heavens Never been raised up to pinpoint My progenitors' homeland Never had it tasted any depravity And never will it be licked Or bit by the savage butchers of Meat Who loved to fatten themselves on ****** And gratified their heart with Juicy cup of blood and gore.
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Dec 2, 2016
Dec 2, 2016 at 4:34 AM UTC
MY FIVE-FIVE-FINGERS
I My five-five-fingers of my hands Zestfully lived In serenity. The three thrill fingers of my right hand: Thumb, index finger and middle finger Stoutly lived civilly and gleefully Amongst her BROTHERS: They rested gleefully upon the placid, SHARP-SABLE-POINTED-DART. II Sharp sable pointed-dart; Perched in the midst of the three thrill fingers And laid rest upon the hungry, ****** DUSKY-SHEET, which sprawled Bear flat on the glossy desk. The glossy desk accompanying the earth The earth accompanying its depth. III The other two fingers of my right hand: Ring finger and little finger Calmly leisure, plopped on the hungry, ****** dusky-sheet And lent ears to the Sharp-sable-pointed-dart, Sharp-sable-pointed-dart, Muttering vignettes of yesterday Muttering vignettes of today Muttering vegnettes of tomorrow. Upon the glossy desk My five fingers of my left hand too Laid rest, and eyeballed the sharp-sable-pointed-dart, Muttering deep thoughts. IV Look, All you who waded through lines: All you who unearth the heart Of this earth, hunting for treasures Pore over my ten fingers. My ten fingers, As pure as a full ****** moon. I have dunked deep my five fingers Of my right hand with my progenitors In a bowl of sweet dishes And nibbled singed YAMS amidst The thriving vegetables. V But my forefinger of my left hand Never been raised above To curse the heavens Never been raised up to pinpoint My progenitors' homeland Never had it tasted any depravity And never will it be licked Or bit by the savage butchers of Meat Who loved to fatten themselves on ****** And gratified their heart with Juicy cup of blood and gore.
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You are the star that pierces darkest night When new moon doesn’t rise or shine her light. You are the melody that knits night’s sweetest songs, The resting place my lonely heart belongs. You are the star. You are the star. You are the juicy peach plopped in hunger’s outstretched hand. From the ocean of my tears, you are the sight of land. You are a mountain stream rushing through Death Valley’s thirst. You are the biggest, fastest, slowest, best and worst. The very end of ends, and always, Absolutely, the first.
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Jun 9, 2014
Jun 9, 2014 at 11:48 AM UTC
You are the star
Lonely is the only emotion I feel, sitting on the counter Plopped down, flicking guilt Remanence on paper, I use to heal I chose to be ill I'm the unattached ****** desire Conversation not required Tormented love, consumed and killed Around this pole, twisted and unthrilled Patiently waiting on something My tied up body feels nothing Still insanity quenches the thrusting When will we finally become ***** and musty I can no longer conceal our secret, smiling Annoyed with me, I'm done hiding Tonight I'm not grieving Deceived, here is your rope of control I need to find the cover for my gaping hole
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May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016 at 1:26 PM UTC
How many ways can I say I'm done
John and Eric had gone to New Orleans to get drunk, so when they saw the girl hanging over the railing of the balcony pulling her shirt up and down up and down, they hurled beads at her aiming for the top of her head so that they'd circle the drain of her neck in a circling, shimmering starlet down her shoulders. "Come down here," John yelled. The girl pulled down her halter-top one more time, exposing two globes of bouncing flesh. Thinking he had said, "Pull them down." It was so loud and everyone was whistling and there wasn't just a single color of light; the aura from the club was a nebula of parti-colored flashing. later that night she did come down. She bumped in between John and Eric as they navigated her through the crowd trying their hardest to keep her from falling over and puking, while trying to do the same for themselves. She hung to them like they were long singular beams of steel. When she rolled her head around at them she remembered that they looked hard and unknown. And while holding her in the crooks of their arms, they maneuvered the flesh in their jeans with their free hands, trying to subdue the worlds rising out of their pants like volcanoes. They got her back to the hotel. A small room with a tiny old bed, with flower-print comforters and an antique dresser with swirling sculptured wood at its corners. John slipped off his black leather jacket and shook his mop of curly black hair. Eric plopped onto the bed, pulling her with him. She felt him pull, she felt the gravity of him; the warp as she bumped against the bed. "You guys should come back next year." "Maybe," Eric said. She didn't know if she was here or not. If she'd been here the whole night or if she was dreaming. But she felt something physical on her body. Eric sat in the corner-- beside the humming a/c as it vacuumed out the room-- watching with lifeless eyes. It moved across her stomach. Slow and continuous. It moved down to her pelvis, slow and continuous. It reached inside of her slow and continuous, and she felt the vacuum of space. John and Eric tag-teamed her. Eric taking her mouth and working it around his ***** saying "Come on baby, **** John pushing against her his glowing body making a slapping noise as he struggled with his hands under her stomach making hard dimples of flesh on her mid-section as he tried to hold up her limp body. "She's out cold," he said.
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Dec 6, 2011
Dec 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM UTC
In New Orleans.
John and Eric had gone to New Orleans to get drunk, so when they saw the girl hanging over the railing of the balcony pulling her shirt up and down up and down, they hurled beads at her aiming for the top of her head so that they'd circle the drain of her neck in a circling, shimmering starlet down her shoulders. "Come down here," John yelled. The girl pulled down her halter-top one more time, exposing two globes of bouncing flesh. Thinking he had said, "Pull them down." It was so loud and everyone was whistling and there wasn't just a single color of light; the aura from the club was a nebula of parti-colored flashing. later that night she did come down. She bumped in between John and Eric as they navigated her through the crowd trying their hardest to keep her from falling over and puking, while trying to do the same for themselves. She hung to them like they were long singular beams of steel. When she rolled her head around at them she remembered that they looked hard and unknown. And while holding her in the crooks of their arms, they maneuvered the flesh in their jeans with their free hands, trying to subdue the worlds rising out of their pants like volcanoes. They got her back to the hotel. A small room with a tiny old bed, with flower-print comforters and an antique dresser with swirling sculptured wood at its corners. John slipped off his black leather jacket and shook his mop of curly black hair. Eric plopped onto the bed, pulling her with him. She felt him pull, she felt the gravity of him; the warp as she bumped against the bed. "You guys should come back next year." "Maybe," Eric said. She didn't know if she was here or not. If she'd been here the whole night or if she was dreaming. But she felt something physical on her body. Eric sat in the corner-- beside the humming a/c as it vacuumed out the room-- watching with lifeless eyes. It moved across her stomach. Slow and continuous. It moved down to her pelvis, slow and continuous. It reached inside of her slow and continuous, and she felt the vacuum of space. John and Eric tag-teamed her. Eric taking her mouth and working it around his ***** saying "Come on baby, **** John pushing against her his glowing body making a slapping noise as he struggled with his hands under her stomach making hard dimples of flesh on her mid-section as he tried to hold up her limp body. "She's out cold," he said.
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We play with the past, us gawkers laugh out louders and marry the fun. Or purchase t-shirts to remember The Thinker plopped upon a porcelain throne Rodin in the bowl a powerful internal struggle philosophy flushed for comedic blue cleanser carved beautifully The Vitruvian Man in full windmill Townshend style over strings in sextuplicate with limbs to match. Perfection at eight heads high and these amps go to eleven The Persistence of Memory in any variation so long as we don't have to consult our own dreams Or Dali's We shake the dust from our feet and smile, forgetting things like The Thinker was originally named The Poet because that's not funny and we're cleverer (more clever?) cleverer than that
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Feb 6, 2013
Feb 6, 2013 at 11:17 AM UTC
Proceeding
Spend less time... Clinging onto whatif branches . They’re frail & sapless. When happiness breezes by, it can’t be contained in a bottle. If you don’t understand the breeze, you’ll climb desperately tumbling from broken branches & broken spirits, only to be plopped where you started, but sorer. Let go completely and fall, the wind will catch you, toss you up and around and gently set you down on the dirt
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Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018 at 8:16 PM UTC
time management
I smoked a pack while we unraveled white and black. Wrapped in your bare sheets I slept best. Dewey skin in the morning light, candy tongue tulip two lips. Alarm goes off you ignore it. I loved messing your hair up. You look better that way. I danced around naked on the pedestal you plopped me on as I let you sketch me. You scolded to stand still and slapped my *** when I didn't listen, but you looked so cool holding your paintbrush in your teeth, studying my figure, peeking around the easel with your big eyes and crooked smile. I always left with stains on my hands and your jacket on my shoulders with a new Camel in the pocket. Your hand slid down my jeans and I bit your lip. I could have finished you. You were so mean to me constantly, and I curiously indulged in your temptations. Your ecstasy whispers in my ear. But there's something special about being loved by someone who hates everyone. You thought I was interesting. Thought I was pure in my mini skirt, but tough because I never cried when you were yelling. I just yelled back. Thought I was brave and wildly adventurous, standing on edges and throwing things your way. Even I thought it would be different this time. But I should've probably listened to you when you used to tell me not to get my hopes up. That way I wouldn't be here, praying, which I never do that you didn't mean it and you didn't want me to ever have to know why you didn't come home. You would rather it be expected than me be disappointed when it's the morning after and you're lying there restless while you're passed out in the back of a van, shoes off, shirt hanging off your back, with cuts from cans on your hands. *** doesn't make a sound. It's the loudest way to shut someone up. It's the silence that cures. It's the cork stop in a bottle, but it will glimmer when you spin it upside down. I'd love to smash it. I came in that afternoon and burned the edges of your drawings with my lighter, smeared the charcoal on all your new pages, and stamped my boot until all your brushes were in half. I picked up your jacket that I sewn a special patch in with my initials, and I hit snooze when your alarm went off. You didn't move. I watched the dewy skin of your back rise and fall as you were breathing, sheets ruffled, pillows on the floor, empty side next to yours, all alone. I decided you look better that way.
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Sep 8, 2013
Sep 8, 2013 at 12:36 AM UTC
You Look Better That Way
I smoked a pack while we unraveled white and black. Wrapped in your bare sheets I slept best. Dewey skin in the morning light, candy tongue tulip two lips. Alarm goes off you ignore it. I loved messing your hair up. You look better that way. I danced around naked on the pedestal you plopped me on as I let you sketch me. You scolded to stand still and slapped my *** when I didn't listen, but you looked so cool holding your paintbrush in your teeth, studying my figure, peeking around the easel with your big eyes and crooked smile. I always left with stains on my hands and your jacket on my shoulders with a new Camel in the pocket. Your hand slid down my jeans and I bit your lip. I could have finished you. You were so mean to me constantly, and I curiously indulged in your temptations. Your ecstasy whispers in my ear. But there's something special about being loved by someone who hates everyone. You thought I was interesting. Thought I was pure in my mini skirt, but tough because I never cried when you were yelling. I just yelled back. Thought I was brave and wildly adventurous, standing on edges and throwing things your way. Even I thought it would be different this time. But I should've probably listened to you when you used to tell me not to get my hopes up. That way I wouldn't be here, praying, which I never do that you didn't mean it and you didn't want me to ever have to know why you didn't come home. You would rather it be expected than me be disappointed when it's the morning after and you're lying there restless while you're passed out in the back of a van, shoes off, shirt hanging off your back, with cuts from cans on your hands. *** doesn't make a sound. It's the loudest way to shut someone up. It's the silence that cures. It's the cork stop in a bottle, but it will glimmer when you spin it upside down. I'd love to smash it. I came in that afternoon and burned the edges of your drawings with my lighter, smeared the charcoal on all your new pages, and stamped my boot until all your brushes were in half. I picked up your jacket that I sewn a special patch in with my initials, and I hit snooze when your alarm went off. You didn't move. I watched the dewy skin of your back rise and fall as you were breathing, sheets ruffled, pillows on the floor, empty side next to yours, all alone. I decided you look better that way.
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P L O P P E D, PLOPPED YOUR FAT *** ON THE COUCH TO READ A BOOK THERES NO PROOF THAT YOU DIDNT HEAR ME. ITS YOUR FAULT ITS YOUR FAULT ITS YOUR FAULT YOURE SO STUPID YOU HAVE NO COMMON SENSE YOU FAT LAZY COW!
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May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015 at 8:05 PM UTC
to me, from my darling step dad
"This is the end, my friend…" Take refuge in the Golden Years. Retire to an inevitable monastery plopped on a suburban mountaintop. Immerse yourself in the lost writings of Nikita Khrushchev and Harry S Truman. Learn to cook gizzards and meditate. Find solace in obsolete atomic weapons, enlightenment in the raw, butchered expressions of the naked thermonuclear. Wangle, ****** fire, and maneuver. Get in touch with your inner Eichmann. Devour baskets of tasty deplorables. Stop clinging to guns and religion. Love the fascism of the ordinary. Become content with mere content. Stop waving daggers at the innocent. Wash yourself in the blood of the lamb. Accept that Woodstock was futile. Admit you can’t get no satisfaction. Penetrate the goddess of unreason, and come screaming to your senses. Declare the dawn of the Age of Onanism. Keep your fingers out of Pandora's box. Bid farewell to the ghost of Joe Hill. Depart the smothering, smooth life of lust, corn flakes, and competition. Expand your mind in a mushroom cloud. Travel upriver to the ****** of Darkness, legendary source of honeyed generation. Attain new heights of perfect despair. Discover the latent bliss of cassowaries, rooted in their strong disdain for kale. Play poker with the spirits of the dead. These are your days of lucky revelation. Lick magic frogs and witness lost dreams. Arrive at the perfect wisdom of what is. Everything and nothing, just what it seems.
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Apr 6, 2018
Apr 6, 2018 at 5:15 AM UTC
Senior Bucket List
The car and I, we made our way into the downtown portion of this Midwest mini-metropolis. The sun was out, snow melting, and it sounded a lot like rain as everything, everywhere dripped and plopped creating a slurry of grey road juice that hissed under the tires as we passed by. At the intersection nearest to my friend’s shop, there was a refrigerator box that had been tossed in the street. It, like most things, was on its way to disintegration. The red letters that were inked to the sides of the box had started to run, making the box look to be some kind of suburban roadkill. I wondered briefly, as the next holiday rounded the corner if the contents of the box might be a gift. Or… Maybe a: ********* The fridge is shot!” kind of unexpected expense. Either way, the car and I had other destinations to reach. So, I let my thoughts wander still as the tires turned underneath. “What would it be like to climb the steel stairs on the sides of those buildings nearest the scrapyard?” Someday, I’ll find out. Surrounded by the steam that comes from those buildings doing whatever it is that they might do, I’ll smoke a cigarette, count the pigeons that land nearby, and think of the best way to tell you all about it. *** -JBClaywell © P&Z Publications 2018
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Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 5:12 PM UTC
As The Tires Turned Underneath
. Looking on this expanse that encircles me, closing in during open hours, unlocking doors I can’t seem to walk through Stairways of rotted, termite eaten steps each with my name painted on them, creaking underfoot, losing to the weight of long lines at self serve counters wrapping around as if nothing is free but here for some reason it is And I stand right in the middle alone in this ocean of faces, polo shirts and penny loafers staring at cell phone screens, calling someone, talking with their hands, hands free? Paying it forward, coffee for the next guy in line, but not me For I am just here, anywhere, somewhere like this, a thing plopped down, fallen from the sky, splattering on the earth, consumed by the soil, muddied footprints and all trudging through the wilderness, carving a path of existence breaking branches and scattering bread crumbs Still I am me, standing tall among the taller, enjoying the shade, sipping lemonade and eating apple dumplings, pushing, not pulling forward, dreaming, (of course) regardless of tire tracks and scars or pointed fingers, Pounding the pavement, laying a foundation, driven beyond Parking lot base, asphalt themed destinations, a checkerboard of last rites and dead batteries, yellow lines on the horizon, handicapped up front Looking out over the valley, watching the world go by, admiring the beauty, loving life, rejoicing in the fact that it is all so immensely vast . . . as am I
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Jul 22, 2016
Jul 22, 2016 at 8:28 AM UTC
Vast
Strangely this evening I am reminded of another dusk when some winters ago from the freezing skies plopped a single raindrop Bearing the scent of Your springs autumns and deceased summers. I thought I was immune to seasons Yet I celebrate Draw colorful patterns on wet earth And fly kites on embracing skies. Sometimes.. My alive-ness surprises even me…
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Jan 16, 2011
Jan 16, 2011 at 3:59 PM UTC
another dusk
I crept up to the rocking chair Perched beside my bedroom door, Pressed my ear up to the wood Waiting for daddy's snores, Silence in heaps, Between discounted sheep, Blared into the darkness, Until, an eye-squeezing roar Shook the entire first floor, Following my tiptoes across the carpet. Down the hall and to the left And quickly up the stairs (Swiftly, I went In my flighty ascent - Should goblins follow, Me - unawares), I burst into the attic Heart naively in panic - Back evened with the sturdy door, The attic, at last! The window ahead, And beyond it, I could only imagine. -- Daddy told me once, From behind billows of smoke, That the more I dreamt The more things awoke, I dreamt of a dragon In bed that night, So, with the stars, up high Should be a dragon in flight, I threw open the curtains, Soul, a wish-filled flagon, Breath held tight To behold my...lizard? -- An itty bitty Teeny weeny Green, (and somewhat, brownish) Thing, Crawled across My window sill Lacking all his Dragon things, His dragon hue, And dragon size, Everything Dragon-wise, I plopped down to The floor beneath The window, And I took a seat, I watched that little Dragonette - Slowly trying To just forget, The dragon I had come to see Hadn't cared enough to come see me, Then that lizard did a crazy thing - Popped up his head - Showin' a big pink thing! I wasn't sure what sounds lizards made So, I moved up close ('cause I wasn't afraid!) Eye to eye, I leaned in close, Then that thing jumped forward And bit my nose! ... I'm pretty sure he liked me.
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Aug 2, 2011
Aug 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM UTC
Little Dragons
I crept up to the rocking chair Perched beside my bedroom door, Pressed my ear up to the wood Waiting for daddy's snores, Silence in heaps, Between discounted sheep, Blared into the darkness, Until, an eye-squeezing roar Shook the entire first floor, Following my tiptoes across the carpet. Down the hall and to the left And quickly up the stairs (Swiftly, I went In my flighty ascent - Should goblins follow, Me - unawares), I burst into the attic Heart naively in panic - Back evened with the sturdy door, The attic, at last! The window ahead, And beyond it, I could only imagine. -- Daddy told me once, From behind billows of smoke, That the more I dreamt The more things awoke, I dreamt of a dragon In bed that night, So, with the stars, up high Should be a dragon in flight, I threw open the curtains, Soul, a wish-filled flagon, Breath held tight To behold my...lizard? -- An itty bitty Teeny weeny Green, (and somewhat, brownish) Thing, Crawled across My window sill Lacking all his Dragon things, His dragon hue, And dragon size, Everything Dragon-wise, I plopped down to The floor beneath The window, And I took a seat, I watched that little Dragonette - Slowly trying To just forget, The dragon I had come to see Hadn't cared enough to come see me, Then that lizard did a crazy thing - Popped up his head - Showin' a big pink thing! I wasn't sure what sounds lizards made So, I moved up close ('cause I wasn't afraid!) Eye to eye, I leaned in close, Then that thing jumped forward And bit my nose! ... I'm pretty sure he liked me.
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I've been rightly doing taxidermy More years than I care to count Is it any wonder that I got bored Stuffing Raccoon, Deer, and Antelope by the pound So I went and changed around my tactics And believe me things have been going swell Since it's no longer only animals that I stuff But people just as well I went and opened up a funeral parlor So the two I've now combined Where I offer up the best of both For one low extraordinary price People are dying to get my services (Pardon the Pun) From many miles around They love the idea of being stuffed Before they're plopped into the ground Why some are even being stuffed With their best friend sewed forever in their arms To spend eternity with Buffy the Poodle To me, holds at bit of charm What ever position you want planted in I am more than willing to please Moon your friends a lasting goodbye Is the special of the week For those not sure where they're going I'm an expert in stuffing the face With a look of total surprise and confusion In case they end up in the wrong place How you wish to give your final farewells We're not here to question why But only to offer the One, Two, or Five Finger Special In how you'd like to wave goodbye So hurry and make those reservations At Billy Bobs Taxidermy & Mortuarium Cause we're stuffing it hard and heavy these days Where it is we got it all going on
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May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013 at 6:44 PM UTC
The Taxidermist
He laid out some towels She set a bucket right on top The outside pitter patter Echoed closely by drip drop She plopped down on the couch and said “I hate our leaky roof…” He cozied up right next to her “We’re newlyweds, it’s cute!” The dog had left a pungent gift Spread out across the floor They tied cloth over their noses Prepared to go to war They scrubbed the ground on hands and knees He, unusually mute She poked his side with smiling eyes “We’re newlyweds, it’s cute!” Baby two cried till blue Every other hour And baby one learned to run Too young for such a power People seemed to judge and stare Her cheeks turned rosy red He raised his voice, ignoring glares “It’s cute! We’re newlyweds!” She zipped up the dress He escorted down the aisle And gave away his baby girl His heart in full denial The newfound silence of their home Was echoed in his head She played their own first dance song “It’s cute, we’re newlyweds” Years spilled by, the kids had kids Less heed was paid to clocks Days now passed in reading chairs With simple meals and long walks They shuffled down the sidewalk At a careful, measured pace Their scooting right in sync, A peculiar kind of grace She paused to rub her fingers His hands were also wrung She raised her deep-set eyes to his “Do you ever miss when we were young?” His wrinkles seemed to lengthen As a gleam came to his eye His mind replaying memories Of leaky roofs and a youthful bride Then he looked at the woman beside him Drooped by the weight of long life And for a moment he stayed silent Overwhelmed by his beautiful wife... “I don’t miss when we were young Though time has worn us down The love I had for you back then Cannot compare to now I’ll brave a thousand achey bones Just to take slow walks with you. Besides,” he took her hand in his “We’re newlyweds, it’s cute.”
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Aug 14, 2025
Aug 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM UTC
Newlyweds
He laid out some towels She set a bucket right on top The outside pitter patter Echoed closely by drip drop She plopped down on the couch and said “I hate our leaky roof…” He cozied up right next to her “We’re newlyweds, it’s cute!” The dog had left a pungent gift Spread out across the floor They tied cloth over their noses Prepared to go to war They scrubbed the ground on hands and knees He, unusually mute She poked his side with smiling eyes “We’re newlyweds, it’s cute!” Baby two cried till blue Every other hour And baby one learned to run Too young for such a power People seemed to judge and stare Her cheeks turned rosy red He raised his voice, ignoring glares “It’s cute! We’re newlyweds!” She zipped up the dress He escorted down the aisle And gave away his baby girl His heart in full denial The newfound silence of their home Was echoed in his head She played their own first dance song “It’s cute, we’re newlyweds” Years spilled by, the kids had kids Less heed was paid to clocks Days now passed in reading chairs With simple meals and long walks They shuffled down the sidewalk At a careful, measured pace Their scooting right in sync, A peculiar kind of grace She paused to rub her fingers His hands were also wrung She raised her deep-set eyes to his “Do you ever miss when we were young?” His wrinkles seemed to lengthen As a gleam came to his eye His mind replaying memories Of leaky roofs and a youthful bride Then he looked at the woman beside him Drooped by the weight of long life And for a moment he stayed silent Overwhelmed by his beautiful wife... “I don’t miss when we were young Though time has worn us down The love I had for you back then Cannot compare to now I’ll brave a thousand achey bones Just to take slow walks with you. Besides,” he took her hand in his “We’re newlyweds, it’s cute.”
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There was a gap between the trees And when I pushed through all the leaves I saw a wizard standing there With pointy hat and snow-white hair. His beard grew down to his feet, The most wizardy wizard you could meet. "Come on son, you're late you know? We don't want to miss the big show." "Excuse me sir, but you really should tell me if your magic is bad or good." "Oh yes of course my magic's good. Don't you know your in Merlin's wood?" So off we went to see the thing That Merlin called a great big fling Dragons were dancing in the meadow We laughed and giggled at those big fellows Great wings flapped around ***** nilly It made all the beasts look rather silly Then Merlin said it was time to go A wave of his wand and what do you know? I plopped down, back at my tree And there was Mom calling for me. One last look, behind my back I thought I saw his dancing hat
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Aug 2, 2013
Aug 2, 2013 at 5:33 PM UTC
My First Adventure With Merlin
the rain beat down each drop a tiny life falling falling forever falling down to the mortals and the surface below plopped and dropped and plinked out of existence to become the moisture the nip and the annoyance on our faces. how we take their lives for granted how we ignore their cries for help; were it you that was falling so freakishly fast from the furrowed clouds and the oceans' past would you dare to wipe that wetness away or would you let it sit and let it stay?
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Dec 10, 2012
Dec 10, 2012 at 1:25 PM UTC
the rain beat down
21st Century contraption of a mind , snatched from birth , taught how to "Walk the Line , " Hammered into conformity , Play Doh brains pressed in a mold , dressed , plopped on a conveyor , not one piece out of place .. Our State cores a whole , pours a mandatory twelve years of robot ideology between our ears , who we should emulate , who we should fear ..  Fed factory Farm swill , sequester our imaginations , zero tolerance , shot full of Ritalin ...
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Feb 3, 2016
Feb 3, 2016 at 6:26 PM UTC
Assembly Line