Get Your Premium Membership

A Man's Mind

Since I was Tom Thumbs petite little sister, the scientist used me to help deliver the info. from the volunteer mister, injecting me into Mr. Smith's ear canal, with the first door appearing pretty banal, it boasted a picture of a grizzly bear, opened it up and heard a bit of swear words, also thoughts alternating between sports, lust and making money, you were obviously feeling kind of ornery, had to close the door on those thoughts pretty quickly, because the testosterone fumes were literally overwhelming me... The second door had a picture of Winnie the Pooh, which I thought looked adorable and very cute, opened it up and took a peek inside, heard some awful and horrible whining, the mans thoughts were switching from thinking he had the 24 hour flu, to thinking he had a horrible disease and was literally dying, and not knowing if he needed a nurse or a hearse, I left the room baffled and got on with my research… The last room had a picture of Gentle Ben posted on it, peeked inside and it was all nice and quiet, his thoughts were all about pleasing his wife and kids and praying to God, there was no denying this room showed his intimate, tender side, before I knew it I heard some loud snoring, the man falling asleep from sheer exhaustion… Well I thought I'd better get back to the real world, as I slowly crawled back out of the ear canal, with my bag of his mixed emotions, of machoism, tenderness, humor, mr. fix it, mr. bread winner and some peter pan thrown in it.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 10/11/2016 12:28:00 PM
Very good and imaginative poem, Cheryl. You really take a peek under the hood of men. Good enjoyable write. You make even a louse look nice. You're a special lady. Love your work, love. Much love to you and yours.
Login to Reply
Hoffman Avatar
Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 10/11/2016 7:10:00 PM
Thanks so much Freddie, thats a good way to put it "peeking under the hood!" Peace & love to you and yours back!:)
Date: 6/28/2016 1:35:00 AM
A very nice write. ..
Login to Reply
Salehi Avatar
Pashang Salehi
Date: 6/29/2016 5:36:00 PM
You're very talented.....
Hoffman Avatar
Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 6/28/2016 8:48:00 AM
Thanks so much for your visit and kind comment Pashang!:)
Date: 6/23/2016 10:00:00 PM
Thank you for your visit and comments Cheryl! The title caught my eye and now I know why! You have touched on truths and they are insightful! ;-)
Login to Reply
Hoffman Avatar
Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 6/23/2016 10:34:00 PM
Thank you for your kind comment Walter and visit!:)
Date: 6/21/2016 1:42:00 PM
Very nice
Login to Reply
Hoffman Avatar
Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 6/21/2016 6:56:00 PM
Thanks Michael!:)
Date: 6/7/2016 6:38:00 AM
This is filled with understanding and altruism. Most people just get fed up with the machoism and write them off. They don't bother to look for cause and effect. Nicely done my friend. There is so much going on iside a person's head that it's unfair to blame them for everything they say and do. Bravo. A seven from me. God Bless, JB Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Been off line for awhile.
Login to Reply
Hoffman Avatar
Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 6/7/2016 8:53:00 AM
Judy I really appreciate you and your very nice comment! God Bless you too and am looking forward to reading some of your new poems in the future! Hope you have a great day!:)
Date: 6/5/2016 5:04:00 PM
Love it! You've got quite the imagination yourself!
Login to Reply
Hoffman Avatar
Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 6/5/2016 7:13:00 PM
Thanks so much Mike, that is nice of you! Sometimes my imagination works overtime and at other times it barely punches in!:)

Book: Reflection on the Important Things