Freddie Robinson Jr. Poet Dramatic Monologue

Milk Carton Crying

My poor vocabulary babies 
are gon missing
Tell me kind sir, have you seen them?

Us etymological mothers to
lingual children of lost former meaning,
we are milk carton crying

Many hotline tips 
that the academia search party
have been receiving,
unfortunately, has borne no adjective fruit
of root cause discovery
And my poor alphabet unprotected babies
are still missing

Some concerned voices 
anonymously said, they saw a couple of
little colloquial diaper tykes
being censored kidnaped late last night

And when dem’ dim synonym scoundrels were spotlighted ,
they fascistically warned them:
Steer clear of this word dirty business, y’hear
Then they rattled their 
mouth-muzzling, zip-lip sidearms, menacingly — 
They said my innocent children 
were gonna grow-up 
and cause much sheer mental fear

My infant’s harmless homonym eyes
were New Tact censured hijacked,
Shanghaied as a matter of consonant fact
Somebody please bring those amber pure children
of innocent nomenclature origin back

I, Octavia 
do motherly beg,
asking with august favor most acacia 
For the cross-cultural media
to free-speech help me 
find my lost idiom babies, please!

So that I, and other etymologist mothers 
can stop feeling this unabridged pain ... 
such emotional scarlet ink heart stain
A bridge of crimson tears over troubled, 
choppy, wordy waters — 
overflowing with maternal fears

This milk carton crying
for my precious vowels, verbiage dressed babies,
who are now missing ...
Has so bereaved my quill-pricked soul
with perpetual sorrow
 
Deep Orwellian sadness for these snatched, 
suckled lost former meanings
has adverbial sent me
empty intellectual bassinet sighing 
And barren cradled
bosom ananym thoughts a-dying

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Lawrence Sharp August 18, 2018 at 5:13 AM Very imaginative and original, and expertly put together. Fave.

CayCay Godwin August 17, 2018 at 6:36 PM This is a fascinating and challenging read, both in good ways and not for the vocabulary wimpy sorts. I thoroughly enjoyed what must of been a labor, though an enjoyable one, to create. As per you norm - impressive. All the best ... CayCay

Charlie Smith August 17, 2018 at 12:58 PM Your skills amaze Mister Freddie, as always...