I
Better not blow away the ordinary
Often ordinary turns extraordinary
How, you may query
I'll answer, if u tarry
II
There is order in the ordinary
In the hasty humdrum! It's extraordinary
Humdrum, ordinal, cardinal (numbers?)
Answers, answers, before s/he slumbers
III
Humdrum? Can't just pass concepts by
My drum won't hum, I do (Yes, I try)
If drums do drum, where's the humdrum?
Hey stop! Read slowly. Who are U running from
You are a hole in my head;
when I look inside, I see a dentist's drill
grinding sweetly against my hippocampus
and it must have hit a tear duct by accident
because when I wake, it has been raining.
I douse myself in Argan oil and
set myself on fire with my hair straightener
(ordinal, interval). Never again will I sleep;
That night I dream of
at last! A letter from you
though when I wake, I do not check the post.
I switch on the oven, and logic
swallows the half-consciousness of your handwriting.
Now I rise from my reverie; it is babyhood
and it is morning and I
sweat under the covers,
learning everything in five minutes,
Orlando, Leon, Halleluiah, and
people looking like other people,
a man that used to be handsome,
In the veins of a red-eyed pensioner he
drags me from my bed in upside-down buses
and the screaming blue walls of the DVLA office;
I fall cyclical into double brackets as I am
reaching out for a glass of water
and I am forever
Brushing my hair in the face of death;
I sit down in the shower and
wonder if it will get infected
Soothing ordinal number, satisfying one’s needs,
End of one’s endeavor, a completion of a week;
Valuable quantity on spiritual event like Jesus’ words on the cross,
Even church sacraments and God’s rest after His creation and great work.
Number wrapping the amazing wonders of the world,
The lucky symbol of many international businesses,
Horizontally written going down to fulfillment and success.
Sept.29, 2013 , 5.30 am
Fifth Place
Contest: Skipping Six, Going Straight to Seven Acrostic Challenge #3
Judged: 10/4/2013
Sponsor: Poetess Andrea Dietrich
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