Afterworld

The world is a strange place for a playhouse to stand within it. - Thoreau

it tells me that flat is round

a smile is a frown

blue is brown

up is down

a city is just a crowded town

a verb is a noun

and that a three-piece, coffin suit is a wedding gown

convincing me that i'm just another juggling clown

as it steals the faux jewels in my life's seemingly rich crown

assuring me that my straight hair is curled

in this strange, juxtaposed afterworld

Author's Note

"A man has not seen a thing who has not felt it. A familiar name cannot make a man less strange to me." - Thoreau