A Spoonful of Sugar


"A Spoonful of Sugar"


Upon waking
the green hangover
hangs low waiting 
for the weeding

the alarm sounds
like thunder 
the cats on the prowl
they’re hungry

the words 
spill out of my mouth
like a spoonful of sugar
stirred into a deep cup 

of strong black coffee

my cup runneth over
anything for a new world
me thinks the pen 
not a play thing 

swords are dealt 
like cards through the keys
the mind reeling in the 
fishes like words

flapping in dewdrops
like swimming in tears
the stories like leaves 
miracles ever falling 

like loaves multiplying
for the toasting
the story begins 
like a bullet being loaded

into a chamber 
the trigger pulled
the capsule swallowed
dispatches the chapters

into 
another world
a new world
a new story 

sentences for weeding
wild gardens nourished
all the murderous little darlings
seeded,

unfurling
unfolding

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 3/25/2023 5:05:00 AM
"How to Disappear Completely"/Radiohead, Thom Yorke. (KID A)
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Date: 3/25/2023 5:08:00 AM
https://youtu.be/6W6HhdqA95w
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Date: 3/25/2023 5:06:00 AM
LYRICS/ "How to Disappear Completely", Radiohead, Thom Yorke. https://genius.com/Radiohead-how-to-disappear-completely-lyrics
Date: 3/25/2023 4:40:00 AM
"Lotus Flower"/Radiohead, Thom Yorke.
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Date: 3/25/2023 4:43:00 AM
https://youtu.be/cfOa1a8hYP8
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Date: 3/25/2023 4:41:00 AM
LYRICS/"Lotus Flower", Radiohead, Thom Yorke. https://genius.com/Radiohead-lotus-flower-lyrics
Date: 3/25/2023 4:27:00 AM
"Escape Velocity"/Chemical Brothers.
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Date: 3/25/2023 4:27:00 AM
https://youtu.be/sXMhGADyMxE
Date: 3/25/2023 3:44:00 AM
"Another World"/Chemical Brothers.
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Date: 3/25/2023 3:44:00 AM
https://youtu.be/fhzkeFiXfPI
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