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 !!

[justice]

Odd... yet extremely satisfying. The images that you use are fantastic. And the descriptions are top of the line. The look into the mind of another is a great joy for sure! haha. Thank you for sharing it with me!!

[jenniewren (J.W. Bouwma..]

pure unbridled joy in my tummy..

let's go hit those mudpuddles!

[Anna]

Weird.

[MuSe Ampoule]

excellent. particularly the imagery in the last stanza
"his most recent thought will have to be buried alive
because I simply don’t have the proper hardware to make it die."

Brilliant in it's random trance.

[J.M]

Nice idea - we all have to bury our thoughts sometimes and you expressed that really well. Loved the imagery and the personification of thoughts.

[koty bell]

amazing pure poetry at it's best.