Jibber Jabberwocky

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? - Thoreau

everyone talking, no one saying anything

driving around in a hurry to go nowhere

vehicles like runways

getting their groove on

kings and queens but nary a pawn

about as delectable as a red-tide prawn

tossing middle fingers and dirty looks

two-faced, three-legged crooks

closed, chapter-less, books

worried about this, that, and the state of their hair

they'd be better off staying home and mending the holes in their underwear

nothing new under the sun

all in good fun

'til someone comes undone

and the cops show up with a stun-gun

oh what happened to innocent fun

no matter where the crumbs are swept, they don't disappear

about as much sport as a pap smear

of big dogs beware

seems they're everywhere

heads and souls up in the air

sporting a big, enhanced, dangling pair

tigers always return to the lair

of this i blow hot air and triple swear

trust me, i've been there

Author's Note

"A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong." -Thoreau

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

Love the added twist of Alice in wonderland in this piece. We run around like the white rabbit in an anxious state to accomplish things of little importance

[Pete]

don't we though? sometimes i have to stop and ask myself, "why am i even doing this?" i feel like a drone being flown by an idiot, like a programmed robot. i don't enjoy watching the news anymore and listening to stupid, scandalous gossip. what do i care if miley cyrus hates her father, she can afford to ... :)

[Poetic Beauty]

Yeah I don’t watch much new either. It gets too overwhelming