Theoretical Lessons In Dating For The Maddest Hatter and His AliceTicTac And Toe~

~well that's a mouthful~

I’m not your conventional

lover

you see

it would be best you take the roses

to someone who is not wildly

allergic to them

to someone with less

of a fascination

with thorns around the rosy wrists

and it be wise

if you left my chair alone

so I can perch at the side of the wine glass

while you dabbed

embarrassment from your cheeks

making excuses

to a waiter who got the joke

and got the girl

in his unconventional Cadillac

at the stroke of midnight

while my ponytail flounced in gold threads

around the severe corners

giggling terrestrial rabbits tattoed

on the inside of my cheeks

bent

hood ornament of a queen’s diamond spleen

exuberant, I in a top hat of stars

over shoulder fair

grinning

“You said stroke.”

 

“the more

            complex the mind

the more

            The need for play”

 

and so

I declare

my bestseller writhing under mass production

“Theoretical Lessons In Dating For

            The Maddest Hatter

                 and  His AliceTicTac And Toe The Line”

 

better reinforce that sofa Oprah

I got Tom’s cruise in my hips

and webbed feet that followed me

home

with the decayed punk rock prince

from potty water rides at CBGB’s

where

conventional love

became trite

in my two step with pinned butterfly boys

who ate jabberwocky pie

with roses

while I sneezed my way

through a mushroom collage

in a magik bathroom

sorely in need of a good scrubbing

 

Roses are for poses

bring me the head

of John the Saxist

 

“I said head”

 

Now then brave stems in a concrete meadow

Who wants to play tic tac and toe the line

With a wild girl

allergic

to

roses?

 

 

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Author's Note

this is how we do it in underland~ still want a date ?~ lol

Reviews

[asdarkeyesclose]

'giggling terrestrial rabbits tattoed

on the inside of my cheeks

bent

hood ornament of a queen’s diamond spleen

exuberant, I in a top hat of stars

over shoulder fair

grinning

“You said stroke.”'

i love all the fantasy elements in this poem, this is how i imagine underland with the white rabbit's puff ball tail and nothing too serious. i'll remember not to give you roses as you're allergic though! this poem has a wonderful abstract quality, so surreal, i love the way you play with words and ideas, the poetry following almost breathlessly, images that are immediately recognizable blend with surreal twists and turns creating a unique vision of the world. You make it look so easy! Incredible writing!

[Desert Dreamer]

This is one heck of a wild ride...sounds like fun, and more than that, too...some meaningful and possibly meaningless discoveries to be found...I don't know what I'm saying, your words have me shaking my head in wonderment and yet understanding exactly what you mean deep inside...take me to wonderland, lol, I'll be sure not to bring any roses.

[Loki Ragna-rock]

The moon never lies,
her message merely scrambled
bad reception
self-deception.
The unencrypted tide hears,
knows,
responds
with appropriate synchronicity.,
soaking the Stargazers' bed with salty flow
to drown the crudely taloned rose
in scent of myrrh.
Intoxicate the muse.
Inhale her careless song
suck the deep marrow
of gibbous truth
where the self
correcting verb tenses
hears only
falsehoods.

[FireWoman]

Haha! You quip and twist so cleverly in and out of every possible genre. Purrfect for a mind that is ADDish and is always looking for another puzzle to solve. You., my dear, are never boring and always titallating.

I know it DID go there.

[Gilad Levanon]

Fantastic. To answer your question... Yes, even more so :) Your style intrigues me and the personality you exude in your writing is lively and exciting. I love the playful, teasing feel of this poem - it's like a naughty ploy to shake things up and juice the game of joy from life in a world threatened by monotonous, misused cliches and boring conformity. As Lewis Carroll once tried to remind us - it is in the playful nonsense of the world, that we find it's most beautiful and truthful meaning. Thanks for a great piece.

[OT]

hahaha very nice! love the first stanza in particular - brilliantly mad!

[SM Davis]

This is quite clever and very well stated. I feel a bit as though I have danced down the rabbit hole...with the queen.

[Esana Bridges]

The spacing and the way you just cut off your lines and start another one is really nice. I like how it creates a short of insane, giggling feeling, like the person talking isn't willing to keep talking any longer. The insanity and description you put into it brings the poem to life and it makes me shiver and grin just to read it.

Beautiful ~

[EMF]

I loved it. Absolutley terrific. Very funny and thought provoking. Wonderful work. Thank you so much for posting it.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

you are unconventional and tough as nails, not to mention nobody's fool... so yes what time shall I pick you up?

[Kenneth The Poet]

Very sly and unconventional.