Parade

Fantasy 2-22-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parade At midnight dawn my mind escapes parting the stars Making my way to a summerland torchlight parade Where grand marshals of zebra fish Lead the festival from fiery snow drifts of spun clouds Making way for tunes and flourishes of the flugel zoots Dressed in braided gold, sounds of silver reeds giggling om-pahs, Followed by perfect lines of elephins holding hot air hippos Rows and rows of dolphettes ride on one horned steads As whirling woodles swish their skirts to drumline mango tangos From silver floats rosemaids royal wave to gaping galaxies As crickethoppers dance the wooly wozzle by the Doodle Loos! And porpi pass in waves of burnished summersaults Comet twirlers shout “Hooray!” and clap their stony hands, Snarfish teeter on the invisible between starstruck novas Then tap dance in steps of dipsy doodles for eleven moons Red giants snoozle riding quadra pogo stickes And throw tickertape confetti – sounding the curly noodles curfew – Remembering how to hold the magic as this homecoming parade ends Tap dancing into the horizon's shadow as this long day’s night passes by - And masquerades of new moons wane in tipsy oodles!