Odyssey of Oddities

Loving life hid beneath rim of cool ceramic bowl
Tree frog claimed proud place, toilet's homely hole
Enamoured by his simple palace making stance
I bend to peer at his green grip toe stick, entranced

My ordinary admonished by gaze from onxyx eyes
Quick reflex and instinct, skills by which Frog relies
Shine of black marble smartness lures me nearer
Knowing even with my bulk, I'm somehow inferior 

Rubber eyelid winks, peels open again enlarged
Eye wrinkles droop to hammock, I'm encouraged
To nestle within  humid folds, shrunk human glued 
Oscillated in his lid lures languishing duly procured

Spun suddenly, rubbery cocoon cosy lurches erratic
Some worry occurs I'll drown outside skin hammock 
Prior to paranoia taking over, thrown from dizzying ride
Launched into stark big bowl with steep slippery sides

Swim in cistern spew strangely renders me cleansed 
Lap in lurid blue sends me to inevitably to S bends
Whooshed and flushed with refreshed perspective
Dark harassed by diffused hues tug seductive 

Dolphin derived, my smooth unphased by spiralling
Saturated zones, ease honed, enamour never tiring
Snorkel hole snorts water, puffs readily on its purification 
Imbibing combines giddy with clarity, senses' temptation 

My forehead flicked flirtatiously by wide flamingo flippers 
Splayed feathers fan surface, showcase dance floor shimmer
Cabaret her costume, shakes crystal bead rainbow release
Ravishing precise pirouettes prim pink princess completes

Her curved beak caresses my porthole brain, rubs insistantly 
Into warm walnut shell weapon I'm swallowed quite quickly 
I spy through pomegranate seed eye, mirror lake unswayed
Stilled kindly by wind's nonexistance, decision to travel made

Climbed to bird's tiny tiara topped crest, covered in feathers
Graceful lace tu- tu floats my aquatic future endeavour
Bouyed weightless and grateful, flip draws no resistance 
Swim in S bend treasure, trip of sight resumed brilliance 



*** Spring has sprung!! 
      - in Australia 
      My branch beyond
      The tired pond
      of Earth, awakes
       Imminent Heaven 
      (perhaps) 
*** A collapse of facts
      Flight of  flamingo regalia
      Revel in place of waste
       -  Mystery flush takes
      on its S bend


       1st September 2020

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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