ABSURD IMAGES

Truth in absurdity

ABSURD IMAGES

 

Blue-eyed ducks primp in gold veined mirrors

Their chosen shade of lipstick giving me the shivers

 

Seventeen matchstick men run from the fire

Proclaiming each other and themselves to be a liar

 

Midget minstrels wail on a barbed wire fence

Singing memories of long ago and everything hence

 

Scar faced pigeons write poems on the blank wall

Just outside the Starbucks at the Allenstown mall

 

Tattooed oranges dance at a Renaissance Revival

Where statues to cockroaches celebrate their survival

 

Pock-marked prostitutes sell plastic bibles and more

Still soliciting for money, this time at your door

 

Three-legged pirates on rubber band yachts

Draw maps to the treasure and their funeral plots

 

Churchgoing felons proclaim faith while they’re giving

As dead flower bouquets mark the graves of the living

Reviews

[Robbie~xoxo~]

WOW... a captivating write, Roger... I was definitely drawn to this piece...

Nicely done!~xoxo~

[Roger Turgeon]

Don't you think the topic would make a great contest???

[Roger Turgeon]

Very smart, very thought provoking, this is a true eye-opener, you gave us Roger.
There are all these things, in life, you dared to write out. And give us a proper moment to ponder.

Very good indeed!

Elisa

[Roger Turgeon]

Funny what thoughts come to an empty mind

Empty is keen. :) you did really achieved it.

[Roger Turgeon]

I will try to keep my mind empty then ( : O )

That's the most and best way of living actually... :)

[Matching Socks]

Not sure if I should laugh or cry!
I loved this, I'm gonna go with laugh...
There's wisdom behind that smartassedness.

[Roger Turgeon]

I wasn't sure myself....let's go with laugh. I take the term "smartass" as one of endearment ( : O )

[Matching Socks]

yes, i meant smartass affectionately you big dumdum ;)

[Frieda P]

Insanely bat shyte crazy good....!

That last stanza is money...brilliantly absurd indeed.

[Roger Turgeon]

You made me smile...and that alone is an absurd image ( : O )

[Frieda P]

And you in turn made me laugh, I needed that....

[AYVID N]

A very thoughtful and creative writing with difference. I enjoyed this read a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[Roger Turgeon]

I'm glad you can relate to the absurd. Send me one of your own absurd images. Mine come into my head with no known origin

[AYVID N]

That would be fun to do. I will start working on it. A sure thing to fire the imagination.