Product of a Wandering Mind
One wish filled afternoon
I fashioned a knife out of a spoon
The following banal morning
I held it up as I was adorning
its hand carved ivory handle
to the light of a flickering candle
It appeared to dance and move on its own
and then it became a rotary telephone
I dialed a "1" and then an area code
and it turned into a great horned toad
It shot out its tongue and caught a fly
before letting out a muted cry
Then it sprouted feathers and grew wings
so I opened the window for this thing
It said to me "Galatians chapter 5
will help keep you alive"
I said "Thank you Lord for all your creatures"
and I noticed one odd feature
The flying frog turned back into a utensil
except this time it was a pencil
So I wrote God a thank you note
and put it in the pocket of my coat
I pulled it out the next day
and all of the words were hard to say
So I wrote this poem to help me remember
what it was like on a Friday in September
Copyright © Trey Hamner | Year Posted 2016
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