Spiral Stairs

What video games do to your head, kids. I love nonsense.

-Geneva Willis-

I used to know what borderline was,
That place where pavement mingles with red gravel,
Where a dance was only intriguing at the ceilings of temples,
and the jumping never stopped.

I used to know why only deer grew antlers,
but never bothered to check the facts.
The place where I was endangered,
chilled, and served.

A place where the passion-fruit changed to jello,
and the pineapple filling never tried to add itself.
I used to know the world was fake,
Snow was assured.

My castle would wait and fill with penguins
While I slipped beneath the trenches,
To find the pedestal of worlds,
But now, all we have is spiral stairs.

Author's Note

Another random writing at 3am.

Reviews

[Kori Fitch]

I like poems that have so much mystery that I ponder them long...this one is full of amazing images!!! I especially like the ending..."While I slipped beneath the trenches , to find the pedestal of worlds.." excellent image...it will stay with me for quite awhile!!! Thanks!!!