earwigs

earwigs, earworms

worming into 

sleepers' dreams

on spiny legs

they enter ears

dig into brains

lay dozens

and dozens 

of eggs

Reviews

[KAOlmsted]

Yeah they do...b*****d things. I would say something clever about this being a metaphor for the dozens of a******s who crawl into my ears on a daily basis and lay their eggs of banality into my brain...but I think you mean actual earwigs, so...never mind ;-)

-kimmer

[Dennis A. Clark]

That was another intention: metaphor.

For me, the metaphor is about ideas. I started with the question, "Where do ideas come from?"

[KAOlmsted]

And you came up with earwigs? That is just pure awesomeness...

[Frieda P]

Oh the mind of a poet, insanely creative. Good thing we never sleep....

[vspjaguar]

disgustingly beautiful poem! I loved the metaphor.

[Dennis A. Clark]

Ha, love that description.

[AYVID N]

The 'Yuck' factor is high here. The filthy things!
But the poem rocks. :)

[GlacialStars]

Hey! Dude that's awesome! I think I finally picked up on your writing style. At first I was like " hmm these poems are odd...straight to the point but...awe fully short!". And now I understand what you are trying to create...and its genius.

By sending little pieces of a sentence or of a verse( which ever you prefer) you transfer through a very specific imagery, the feelings or images you want to create. As if your poem is active in our minds as we just sit back and read.

The farther we read and the more you implant images in our minds, those images are linked to feelings, these feelings are linked to memories. This is a whole exploration of one's mind by their own psyche's interpretation is wonderful. This is a way of making the reader think and I think that's awesome. As a future psychoanalyst, I think this poem is the very definition of greatness...I feel like I said nonsense..Oh well. It was pleasing to read.

[Dennis A. Clark]

That's a stellar review. I think our minds are resonating off one another.

[Holly O'Brien]

eww....I like it :)!!!

[Jack...]

Very creepy. Now I feel like something is crawling on me.

[Dennis A. Clark]

All right--that was one of the intentions.

Thanks for your response.