Surreality

whirling, twirling, swirling clouds in a liquid sky mother says be careful dear, have some tulip pie mongrels, thieves and vagrants dream of life beyond the sun daddy says he's coming home cuz war was too much fun cats and dogs and lizard things are raining all around grandma's flying toward the moon and won't stay on the ground truthful lies and purple skies, chaos at my door dragon kings and pigs with wings search for evermore comets crashing, sinners flee as rivers turn blood red candy canes and chocolate drops, everyone is dead dreams and schemes and vision quests, reality's a blur am I sleeping or awake, wish I could be sure * This one won first place in a poetry contest at the local library some years ago