The golden road of Oz, sunny beachfront dossier from the calling of the sordid mask, did the mask of Dante peer, into the crump and dough with breadcrumbs in the sunlight bog, for the death of sorrowful faces, the mask does not befog, into the intern when not Hansel, but he bet on the witch, or did Gretel from which gather, that neither pervaded but one was accursed, the morning benumbing of footfalls and sparrows.
I am a dangerous dream,
might I add an influx of disdain on your judgements of me,
Distant mirrors dancing in the image of coddled leaps towards your faith,
Turned to shadow, staining my internal bed once clean,
Intern I sprouted wings for flying far from thee,
Your image I flay,
You’re becoming a memory,
I am a dangerous dream yet not as deadly as thee,
Running in molten thought for the melting of me,
Dancing all the while slaying my prophetic dreams,
In an instant turning like a page for wiping the slate clean,
I see through you now,
yet to you, I’ve become unseen,
All your mischievous doings found ashened and wrinkled never reaching me,
You are a dangerous vision,
A weakened image,
A comedic nightmare,
I remain a dangerous dream…
coffee please the editor said to the young intern
she could not get any after she took a walk and turn
for a baby bat who said his name was Fee
Commandeered the pot, claiming all coffee
You have to be strong and firm the editor said
She was scared to death, for a bat’s bite can make you dead
She tried to appeal to him, but he shook his ebony head
Go back and tell him he doesn’t need any, that bat said.
Written: October 28, 2025
I press my palm against your shoulder,
dust-streaked and aged
You unfold before me.
Heat rises from the folds
between the tendon and the tender dough.
I savor a bite of the dough.
reminiscent of the stars I once folded,
now scattered,
akin to lost receipts
in a tempest.
I arrive with my stained skin, as a flyer
marred by hurried typos,
hastily printed
by a restless intern.
Here, I consume you wholly.
A vendor presents grief in palm-sized parcels,
with you wrapped in sensational headlines
That twists the truth.
I swallow every piece of you,
even the mustard staining the captions.
But then the rain begins—my likeness of you blurs,
my ink a wing in flight as a winged creature.
A man in uniform smiles and brushes
the sugar from my scalp
casting it into the tide, a final farewell.
Once, Dr. Frankenstein eagerly said,
I take a fancy to that young man's head,
An intern, slack-jawed,
I looked as he sawed -
It's lucky that he was already dead.
Pickety, Snickety
Reason A. Goodwin is
using a lexicon
to check the word
Reason’s a champion
alphaclopediack.
Not ev’ry intern can
find what is heard.
Reason A. Goodwin, the editor of World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary,
was paid good money as a judge on the original Password Game Show.
The first time he used his dictionary to look up a word - the producers
commented that we could have paid any 'staffer' to do that.
A new intern,
nervy, eager.
Old guy in bed -
terminal ticket to wherever.
He opens his eyes,
points a trembling finger
to something or other,
then speaks.
"Google me."
The young Doctor
only watches TikTok
for the cat videos...
This facile observation,
is not a metaphor
for anything at all.
Youngest leprechaun intern was a mere boy of eleven
He was tiny though, did not look much older than seven.
Had a wide smile, and a jaunty way about him, was fun too.
He will do, the leprechauns of old said, Oh, yes, he will do!
LIVING BREATHING TREE-
soul standing tree bares
roots ever so deep they plunge
scattered like a hand
~
digs deep in the land
buried in the heart of God
depth so low it’s high
~
promised heartily grows
benefits salvations flows
jubilee holy
~
Hallelujah grace
Deep intern righteousness depths
God gives life His breath
1/10/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
HAIKU
If in the end
Time be the only one true thing
Of actual real value
We in our hearts and minds possess
And we are able to lend
And may well in fact be
The essence and piece of us we leave behind
Then with that in mind
Be kind and plentiful with your time
And spend it and spread it
Wisely
Amongst and with deserving others
Who also intern
Are willing to reciprocate
And pay you the time of day back
Main to Main
And also to and for the being of any other
So wishing and choosing to engage
I would very much just like to say
Thanking you sincerely indeed
For being my constant muse
And inspiration
As it has been a while
You have stood stoically by my side
And if yours being the only praise
I am deemed to be due
Then that also just suits me well
As merely knowing you can to me
Relate and find some or other actual
Meaning or promise therefore in
Then I have somehow managed to achieve
Something of real true meaning in my life
And in doing so
You have intern made
All of my innermost
Precious wishes and dreams come true
Kind regards
Yours sincerely
Main to Main
D.K
The white know blacks who used a lantern:
Kazeem: Ray Hospital’s New Intern;
By female admirers surrounded,
I kept gazing at him astounded…
As he saw patients went down complaints,
Quick releases from Hell, no more faints!
Rather, a houseman like placebo;
Not all the time his arrows found bow:
Thus, Black Doctor white patients just want,
To the other Black Stethoscopes “Don’t!”
Might it be his lot to change this scene;
Strict white patients tell with smiles “You’re mean.”
About some Black Doc point to as Guide
And dare to claim that he did this hide?
Black Doctor loved by White Patient,
Not from High Intelligent Quotient…
Summons somewhere up the courage
that has managed to get you to this
point in your life thus far
And drag yourself clinging kicking
and screaming somehow onwards up
If only for if nothing else and no other
particular reason than not giving
life the satisfaction
Of the experience of seeing and feeling
what it is like to be on the recieving end
Of having two fingers or the bird flipped
at you
Simply for the fun and he'll of it
And remember this they who laugh last
Twinkle with an everlasting smile
Which cometh with a lifetime guarantee
And others will intern surely bouyed on
bye your inspiration will be bound to
wishfully follow in your wake
Because the first and most important
domino of them all is the initial one
Otherwise no one else will and has
anyone to follow
We were told to find a smart partner.
I invited the platinum blonde to be mine.
She told me that she was not that wise.
I said I thought she was; lying in my eyes.
She ignored this and searched a new partner out.
Our only history is her bestie used to bully me about.
Then she said, “I have to partner with my intern Twee.”
I said “That’s great and found a different partner immediately.
Charlie was excited to be with me; we got along great you see.
Platinum blonde got kicked out of the group by Twee.
She turned and loudly yelled this to me….
“You mean you left me, when I headed toward Twee?”
I ignored her, and she ended up in a group of three.
Pouting like a big humungous oversized baby.
Are you two friends? My new partner asked me.
Not now or ever, I replied to thee.
A new intern.
nervy, jumpy, eager.
Old guy in bed
terminal ticket to wherever.
Older Doctor enters cubicle
looks at chart, vital signs, latest comments.
sighs.
Dying man opens his eyes,
points a weak hand, finger extended
to whatever. Speaks.
"Google me"
The medics exchange confused glances.
Patient falls back onto pillow
death already rattling.
Last words are weak, but clear.
"Oh, I forgot, Google sucks."
It's a puzzle put down to deathbed dementia.
The year is 1990,
seven years before the launch
of a monstrous mind manipulator.
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