Empty Soup Cans

Shark art, the romance of nothingness
Homeless vagabond’s discuss the emptiness of soup cans
A frenzied race of little Benny hills playing,
king of the mole hill
Three bums decide, to see who is the most eloquent,
at saying nothing at all.
Like, what would Andy Warhol and
Woody Allen’s children look like.
That’s not funny at all but Tom waits his turn,
peeping over the wall like Kilroy, if he existed.
Laying on his side looking, at the mole hill
Yep, little ants are trying to climb a mountain,
as a passerby steps on it and
the candy mountain police officer,
wipes the stuff of His nightstick, saying
all the world is a stage.
A little boy would rather eat shoe leather,
than turn that page.
Laughter erupts from the soup can,
when raising the leg is abrupt
Echoes of humor, as the puppy kicks the can,
placing cheese, on an already disturbing content.
Chum, the can was indeed empty. We got are fill.
The Lord knows you are homeless, wait for Him.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 3/1/2017 4:30:00 PM
Congratulations John. Definitely absurd and a positive last line! :-)
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Date: 2/28/2017 9:25:00 AM
Congratulations John. From start to finish - soup can to homeless that is - this is very captivating and special. Well done, Kai
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John Beam
Date: 2/28/2017 6:08:00 PM
Thanks a lot, Kai. It was a good contest idea and it was fun being absurd about serious things.
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