Best Nasal Poems
Us humans
The dumbest and most genial creatures on Earth
Having eaten from the forbidden tree of knowledge
I could quite easily write a work of genius
Or likewise perform the dumbest act of all
Yes - I could sit here and imagine that
I could do both in fact
Already enacted one super successfully
The other there is still to do
But lifes a *****
I am not saying which
The knowledge hangs there in mid air
Like nasal fluid urgently needing to reverse so...
( sniff)
There once was a woman named Hazel
Her speech was muffled and nasal
She needed to blow
In her handkerchief so
We could give Hazel appraisal
The first sight
of the first white hair
in my nostril,
at first jolting,
after a while, softly sobering,
happily humbling!
some sweet succulent smell reminds of long ago
reminds of better times
(apple orchard, college dorm, time spent stuck inside on a snowy evening)
reminds of beloved people now long gone (gf, bf, random 1ns)
reminds of the moments that make our hearts race
(1st kiss, 1st time on stage, 1st walk in a foreign country)
reminds of the ways in which the human body can
flip (into foreplay),
twirl (heating up),
pulsate (geyser bâclée) &
convulse with pleasure
(reverberations throughout) &
snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnifffffffffffffffffffffff
breathing in
snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnifffffffffffffffffffffff
breathing in again---
there are smells which tell of times spent with family members
which may no longer be with us
that make the gut wrench in pain &
the heart ache
when they return unwanted
(due to the interruption of our lives, invasive return) &
this is why two people can smell the same thing
with a completely different tone in the
reception of the following situation---
we fall in love with our smells &
we run from them, but alas,
unlike the sights & sounds that accompany our memories,
they take the longest to fade---
it is even said that mothers can recognize their biological young by
their smell,
though how nostalgic that can be,
one wonders.
J-ust
A-vert
S-neeze
O-f
N-asal
&
J-eopardy
A-nd
C-ough's
K-iller
I-nfection
E-vading
B-arbaric
A-nd
S-preading
A-ntagonist
Topic: Anniversary of Jason & Jackie Basa (April 07)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic