REASONS TO THROW THINGS OUT OF THE WINDOW
Window-launch in summer is best, but whatever the season,
Winter, fall, or spring, the main reason
Is because were about two hundred feet up, I reckon -
So the downflight would be several seconds
And the end would always be spectacular -
Like for a balloon filled with water.
Floating balloons without water would also be marvelous,
As would dropped ice-creams and jellos.
Cold water from a bucket would become rain-droppy,
And flower petals to cover the ground, like rose and poppy.
Out goes my parrot - it’s the highest level he’ll ever get on;
And I’ll give the neighbour’s cat a free flying lesson.
Mustn’t forget whistles, which make music on the way down,
Or rubber balls to bounce all over the ground.
But the most spectacular display of all
In the realm of window-launch free-fall
Is burning sofas, like I once saw while walking (actually, running)
Through a poorer neighbourhood in East Lansing.
Categories:
droppy, funny, water, water,
Form: Couplet
The slibber slabber man is coming
Close the doors and bolt all windows fast
The jibber jabber man is bringing
Bats and worms in his flibber flabber cask.
His beard is wet and cold
His teeth is yellow and bold
Did you clean your room, did you
Make the howdy dowdy bed
Did everything mummy ask you too
Brushed your teeth wiped the red
Crayon from the walls, did you
Then no fipper fabber man can bother you
Hide behind the fig leaf, hide in the dark
Hide behind the silence of your thumbing heart
But do not trust that fig leaf, it has a bark
And bite and drink from drippy droppy heart
Did you do everything, O then
Obedience will always your goodness defend.
Categories:
droppy, childhood, fantasy
Form: Free verse