immortal amphibian wonder

an awkward thought that killed a perfectly horrible process

went to the yard to dump some dead thoughts.

just beyond the usual daisy-feathered grave

I saw it:

 

there was a red toad with a pearly banjo perched on an acne-ridden log.

he played a switchblade song that sounded like sex on fire

and yodeled the decay of a blue collar ghost in 2/4 time.

his left eye stared at me with an ominous hunger.

his right eye rolled around like an in-flight compass

over the Bermuda Triangle.

 

I half-jogged back to the house like I had to piss

out a bladderful of red ants,

and wrote myself a brief reminder on the backs of my eyelids:

 

this most recent thought will have to be buried alive

because I simply don’t have the proper hardware to make it die.

 

what an unfortunate miracle!

Author's Note

who knows?
my strange mind often baffles itself!

Reviews

[Nothing Personal]

Tim Burton would certainly be interested. Your poems have a strong sense of abstraction but it is coupled with very vivid, detailed images. Pure, rich fertile imaginative mind you have :-) A stroke of a genius , what should i say. Loved it. And loved the bladderful of red ants expression. Really Good !!

[Maurice]

Terrific images. Very special.

[Kerry O'Connor]

...went to the yard to dump some dead thoughts..
Loved it 'cos I do it all the time. Of course I tend to look up at gibbous moons, surreal colours of clouds, bats flying... but I'm definitely going to be looking down from now on - to see what I've been missing. Crazy eyed frogs, for one thing :)

[OR]

You're so violent with words
I think that explain your name : "Serial Kisser"

[The Silver Chord]

This made me laugh so hard because of the obscurity and vivid imagery. You definitely made this a full-fledged image that made me smile. Good job. :D

[Michael X]

Wow, the dude is off da Chain, originality that is, and originality is 99% of the poem, great stuff, awsome job

[Wolf]

nice

[Crowley]

Told you.....pure genius, a modern day and shorter Alice in Wonderland.

[Hollow Man]

crazy man...i think that's why i love it haha. great write dude...great images. 'blue collar ghost in 2/4 time'...that speaks to my tired calloused guitared hands

lol