Mixing it down

The beginning of an idea.

By the light 

of the 

silvery 

dogs in the street

The Wiley old 

moon shone

 

~ under it's cover

the chicken crossed the 

room

reminding me 

not to judge a book 

by its 

Elephant.

Reviews

[Pete]

“one man's trash is another man's treasure”

“Everything great that has ever happened to humanity has begun as a single thought in someone's mind, and if anyone of us is capable of such a thought, then all of us has the same capacity, capability, because we're all the same.” - Yanni

[Tony Jordan]

Love that Pete.
Thank you for elevating this thread out of the gutter (Gee , huh...lol)

[Pete]

hahaha - you know what the say about threads on sweaters - if you start pulling one, the whole things unravels!

[Tony Jordan]

Haha
(Dont tell him but i actually love the way he brings his Scouse-induced humour to the pages. shhh...keep it on the down low...)

[winter;lyra]

nevermind, let it be a cheque, got something else to wreck my mind around

[Tony Jordan]

Haha - I knew you'd find this one up your street.
Thanks again Winter
:)

[Papaya]

Sometimes people are too chicken to call out the truth that everyone can see. That's my thoughts on this elephant in the room. Because the truth is deeper than what's on the surface. It's like a brain teaser, this one...

[Tony Jordan]

It is about truth and about hiding - you got it in one. Its also about using metaphor to avoid the truth or to sugar coat it. Thats why the metaphors are put in a smoothie maker and blended and mixed, so they can't work properly.
Thank you for reviewing it Ana.
I appreciate your thoughts.
:))

[Papaya]

Like creating a diversion. Clever. Happy to leave my thoughts. :)

[Tony Jordan]

When I was a kid I thought if I closed my eyes other people couldnt' see me. heh heh.
The original 'Invisible Boy' from Mystery Men. (idiot, I know, lol)
The diversion you mentioned is the adult version of that I guess.
;)

[Papaya]

So there's been no progress for you but you've become a master of deception? Cool.

[Tony Jordan]

Yeah - only in my head.

[Papaya]

You should wear a cape. :)

[Tony Jordan]

I didnt like wearing the cape so I tried wearing canapes instead. It looks similar on paper but very messy in practice. Everyone was like, oh here comes vol-au-vent man...didn't get taken seriously at all. :D

[Papaya]

Lol! : )

[Valentine]

Tony, and sitting alone in that room, what were you drinking? Valentine

[Tony Jordan]

Hahah - you sound like my therapist Kathie...
Love it
xD

[AKhaus]

inside out and right side down...i like it because it makes me think

[Penelope Lee]

yes, this poem speaks to my soul. I think this is very unique and has a great message.

[Tony Jordan]

Sorry I missed your review Penelope Lee.
I'm really chuffed that this one spoke to you.
read moreSorry I missed your review Penelope Lee.
I'm really chuffed that this one spoke to you.
I guess the message is in there somewhere but I was having so much fun messing with metaphors that I thought it was lost.

[Norman 223]

This reminds me of some of the cross talk from the Two Ronnies.....

Never judge an author by his dancing!!

[Tony Jordan]

To see my hero Ronnie Barker (sorry Norman - I know you were Ronnie Corbett's double but I am Barker-biased) in a review of my writing, well...you have made my day. Thank you for this super review.

[Ken Simm.]

Now this I don't like at all because I didn't think of it first. Witty, clever, surreal, Learish, perfect nonsense. Have I said enough good things about this perfect series of images this brought to my troubled mind?

[Tony Jordan]

25 chars was enough Ken!! Lol.
Kidding!!
Thank you Sir.
If it were in my power you would receive an MBE

p.s. (that's a Mars Bar Enema Lol )

[Shabeeh Haider]

Almost every child has read the nursery rhyme about the cow that jumped over the moon.
We never know how far our thoughts can really go, Maybe today's idea can lead to something really big tomorrow.

[Tony Jordan]

Hah well said Shabeeh - I'd love to have seen the looks on the faces of the earliest readers of that particular rhyme. Lol
Thank you for the review and the laugh.

[Jimmy Yetts]

Only tangentially related: A stranger once told me, without any discernible lead-in, that he had no objection to men accepting lap dances from elephants--providing those recipients possessed the constitution to enjoy it.
Compared to that, "Mixing it down" makes perfect sense.
Fun read, Tony!

[Tony Jordan]

That would win America's got Talent by a landslide and hopefully crush Mr Cowell into the bargain Jimmy. Lol
Thank you for sharing your thoughts my friend.
:)