the lavender goldfish wants back in the bowl

for the 10 words I give, but oddly, these all fit with someone I know

Lavender reminds me

of you --

beautiful,

but somehow false.

a low wind brings

your scent,

intoxicating, yet

nauseating.

 

I called your bluff,

and ate the apple,

but no knowledge

Suddenly came

to the fog

that has engulfed

my brain.

 

I can't be sure, but

I think you

killed the rose

I planted over

my iguana on purpose

to you, he was nothing

but a carcass ...

 

you left me,

with my distorted memories,

your sickly sweet liqueur

in my defiled cabinet.

after all that hoopla

you started over a goldfish

that wasn't meant

for you.

Author's Note

use the following words in a poem for the 10 words I give contest
L A V E N D E R, L O W, B L U F F, A P P L E, F O , I G U A N A, C A R C A S S, L I Q U E UR,
H O O P L A, G O L D F I S H

Reviews

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I love the title! Wow, this rings with actuality...does that sound strange? What I mean is that it sounds like it actually is a string of events - all those things- that bring bad memories. You used "apple" so well! I won't quote the whole stanza. You are so good KLGoode! Aren't these challenges great!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, and yes, weirdly, it is a string of actual events ...

[Lyn Anderson]

The related poems to this I will send you the links via email.

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I'd like that!

[Neville]

an enigmatic poem, seemingly and somewhat paradoxically, simultaneously both surreal and real... I sincerely hope you pulled a win off with these words.......... N

[Lyn Anderson]

I think I did. I liked this one a lot at the time. I am not sure the goldfish would.

[Neville]

dont worry, apparently they have short memories

[Lyn Anderson]

You don't know the half of it

[Neville]

you mean the bit I have already forgotten...

[Neville]

Ah'... now I bloomin well remember thanks for the nudge my friend:)

[Lorry]

Uhm, this makes complete sense and considering it is a word challenge and the words involved, I am still shaking my head at how you managed to come up with a piece that flows so well and feels like it has someone directly in your sights, wearing a target and about to get what they deserve.
I'm still scratching my head by the way. I think I'll need to just tell myself that it is a billion to one chance that these words found their way to you and a lightbulb went off in your head. But still I'm left wondering if I can fit my back scratcher into my ear to stop the itching of my brain :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, this one, weirdly, fit into a very specific event, and person, in my life. I don't know how that was, but it did.:)

[Lorry]

Spooky biscuits....fate....Karma, life is weird :)

[Bacchus]

I love thinking outside of the box....
and when something is created that never can be created like it again...
like this piece...

no cliches here-
real writing

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much.

[V]

Great outcome. You used the words so well and effectively, I really enjoyed reading this one. Though the words differ pretty much from each other, you managed to put them into a balanced and coherent frame.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks very much, I enjoyed writing this one.

[V]

I think it's reflected in your writing. Welcome. :)

[Matching Socks]

I don't know why but that last verse strikes me as a little funny. A bunch of hoopla over a goldfish not even meant for them. It makes me think of all the silly little fights we get in that just snowball sometimes.

[Lyn Anderson]

You got it. That's exactly what happened, and ended up in a flushed friendship.

[Matching Socks]

I figured it was something like that.

[Leslie Philibert]

Loved this, surreal, enigmatic, and full of contradictions that give words like lavender a new weight. Great.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for stopping in. I like being called enigmatic by you:)

[redzone]

10 seemingly random words, pulled together into a tale of lavender deceit and a fog carcass.. nicely done Kl, and some of that liqueur sound good after reading.. or perhaps a whiskey shot would be better... I love how you can extract the lies from the beast and toss them into the goldfish bowl for all to see... I mean, hoopla over a goldfish??? amazing...

redzone

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Amazingly, all of these words have roots in my reality.:)

[Pryde Foltz]

I am with you on lavender. I am actually allergic to it. I am allergic to few things. But that said it is often the predominant flavour in a cotes de rhone red and there I love it. I guess some things just need a little liquor to make them acceptable. Tee Hee. I think this piece will fight it out with stripes in the contest:)

[Lyn Anderson]

Well thank you, I really do have fun with these -- they stretch your creativity. I so far have left them in order, either back to front or front to back -- to try and increase the stretch. Now, I do like the look of lavender, from a distance ...

[Wicahpi]

hi! Wow, this is really good. Isn't funny how sometimes just the right words appear for just the right Write! I'm glad this happened for you because, they truly do fit into this prose just perfectly! Kudos. Thank you for entering the 10 Words I Give contest.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for picking just the right words ...:)

[Wicahpi]

My pleasure :O lol