Human Sensorium

She was half asleep in the auditorium Finding this new year’s curriculum Dreadfully burdensome and cumbersome So altogether utterly drearisome When all of a sudden she heard beating of a drum And started feeling audaciously adventuresome With an incredible urge to visit an aquarium Or race a shopping cart through an emporium Or follow Hansel and Gretel’s every crumb Either way her head was filled with wild delirium With compulsions not meant to overcome And hankerings to live life to the maximum Elude deplorable feelings grum or glum By keeping cheerful and upbeat consortium Dance through gardens of chrysanthemum Or plant fields brimful of sublime red geranium My heart and soul seeking invigorating equilibrium Embrace passion in its premium platinum sensorium AP: Honorable Mention 2020 Submitted on July 13, 2018 for CONTEST NO.465 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND Originally posted on June 9, 2018