Tag: poetry

She slept,
Snoring as women snore

• kind of like unicorns doodoo

She mumbled,
Speaking as women speak

• kind of like dwarfs debate

She tossed,
Turning as women turn

• kind of like trolls tango

Her sleeping breath

• kind of like dragons sneeze

My bank balance
Stood as a false idol

Insurmountable as bubblegums
The smack of my lips

A Hallelujah
Heralding a full tummy

My fingers lost in wrappers
Spun a yarn
A garment made

To keep my nakedness
Naked

Wiggzy Wormzy
Burrowing
Saying neighbourly hies
As he writhed
From top to bottom
Of the veggie garden

Wiggzy Wormzy
Waving
Sharing friendly hi-fives
As he cantilevered
From leaf to roof
Of the veggie garden

Baggy elbow
Whisking a wow
Flapping & flopping
Constrained by conforming
With ambition

Baggy elbow
Blowing a bow
Swinging & swagging
Hung from haggling
With normalcy

Baggy elbow
Trying a toe
Cracking & creaking
Tired from trusting
Itself

The story began
As stories do,
With time
Still in once.

Tale progresses
Spindle un-spun
Ball on the left
Butting toes
Fleece on the right
Tangled fingers
In the middle
A life
You.

Tale finished
Spindle un-spun
Ball on the left
Butting toes
Fleece on the right
Tangled fingers
In the middle
A death
You.

I waited,
In a queue

I waited,
In a queue

I waited,
In a queue

You ask,
Which queue?

I waited,
In a queue

You repeat,
Which queue?

You queue
I answer,
From the queue

Little coral
Rewarmed and die
I need my uber,
Little turtle
Defreed and die
I need my straw,
Little leopard
Declothed and die
I need my rug,
Little elephant
Retoothed and die
I need my bangle,
Little rhino
Mefaced and die
I need my

Scuttle scurry
Roaches
Askidaddle to the
Left
Skidaddle to the
Right.
Furious feets
Propelling
Gripping zip
Zero escape
Because
Feee-fi-fo-yum
A roach soon will
Roast
Ex
Ter
Min
Ate

I stood at the helm of,
More
I fought in the valley of,
Less
I, myself, I was the barrel of,
War.

I lay in the ditch of,
Gravy
I crawled up the walls of,
Detest,
I, me, I was the roach of,
Nobility.

I knew better

• a headline taught me
  I hated intensely
• a headline enticed me
  I clicked furiously
• a headline led me
  I argued vigorously
• a headline fed me
  I grew superior
• a headline lifted me.
  The story?
  Oh, too boring.