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Basket Case - A person that is not functioning well

Basket Case

what’s in the basket case, let’s see
a jumble of clay, i can’t pass
embittered pretense of forgive
a vomitus litter of crass

why does this gift keep on giving
over and over it tumbles
with no argument i let go
but dredged up in talks i fumble

this basket case with a heavy lift
it’s mind control unforgiving
my one hundred pound head of lead
the relentless tales reliving

SINK the wicker into the sea
TEAR apart its strands of pale reeds
POUND it with a tenderizer
until its remains are sound seeds

5/22/2019
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Wolf Avatar
May 23, 2019 at 8:08 PM
I'm intrigued by the entire poem. It's such an amazingly creative approach to the subject of 'loose screws' / 'screws loose'... Especially fascinating to me are the three words in caps. I'm trying to decode STP, the first letters of those words, but my brain keeps reverting to a car-oil treatment (STP!) way back in the day! Help! Smiles, gw
Rodrigues Avatar
May 23, 2019 at 8:30 PM
Capitalized fr emphasis! If you see anything else...lol
Dietrich Avatar
May 22, 2019 at 5:20 PM
Oh if we could but do that to the basket cases! I enjoyed your metaphorical poem, KIm. My husband is a bit of a basket case. It's all in the astrology. I am a very steady Virgo, so thankfully I only have to put UP with basket cases!
Rodrigues Avatar
May 22, 2019 at 5:31 PM
LOL! Hugs...Kim
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