Thursday, March 4, 2010

outside my window





please connect each dot
but suppress all evil thought
though you be deaf dumb and blind
the master can read your mind
and knows who you are and are not


a mathematician named mope
surveyed the world without hope
when he added up the sum
his brain grew numb
and he fell down a slippery slope


a necromancer named nowling
was fond of candlepin bowling
when the game grew obsolete
tears fell at his feet
and the dark streets he began trolling


an orotund opossum named ole
could not escape a wormhole
as he waited to lose weight
he bewailed his fate
and wished he'd played a better model role


a panda named prester john
surveyed the parthenon
pondering its ancient graces
and vanished noble faces
he could not suppress a yawn




a queen named coralie
from a distant galaxy
was allergic to living creatures
and on planets without features
she quietly sipped her tea


a robust rover named roy
was a very boisterous boy
he crashed through jungles and savannas
and mopped his brow with silk bandannas
as he jangled with juvenile joy


the sultan of s---------- was slow
to develop witty bon mots
he stood at his window for hours
sadly surveying the flowers
because he had nowhere to go


a wily warmonger named wedd
each night when he went to bed
put a nuclear warhead or two
inside his boot or his shoe
so he wouldn't wake up dead


letters form into words
and fly away like birds
over an endless expanse
of high adventure and true romance
and restless wandering herds





2 comments:

The Scrybe said...

An interesting view, from your window. "witty bon mots"; I like that :)

Harlequin said...

loved this one, too
so nice to see and feel words this way :))