Hushed in a fugue
of Alpaca wool and rising resin
he sits on a stump
the relic legs of a mighty giant
hewn beneath the axeman's blade
its ageless corpse decays
sending up those honey notes
a whispering viola song
he stretches a bare arm from
the wool mist
reaches out, caresses a violet
newly woken from the mud
offers with a tender touch
some juxtaposed thanks
then plucks
lifts it up between two pages
shuts the book
violet pressed by poetry
he breathes a sigh
contended cloud billows
long and white
mingling with the soily musk
There's rose on his cheeks
love in his chest;
the warmth outweighs the chill
Down by the soily brook they go, under the woody bridge.
The Featherly Elfins make their home to hide from the Blustery Fridge.
Made of snow and windy blow, icesickles in his hair,
he comes to still the Valleyville, blowing crystals in the air.
The Elfins chug their gluggy mugs and toast with foamy tea,
Chanting songs of winters gone to wake the Bloomy Be.
The flutterbys fill uptop skies with gillians of yellowy wings,
The Elfins song brings summer on over the melty cling.
Baby seeds roll up their sleeves to poke the icy ridge.
Down by the soily brook, we’re told, under the woody bridge.
coiling clouds
like parachutes
on top of the tiny houses
velvet blue dipping
in the snowish white
muddy roads of soily
brown stretching
they didnt know on
the carts before
I'm a wad of gum,
Waiting patiently
You're my lowly victim,
So unsuspectingly
All gooey on a sidewalk,
Diggin' your classy shoes
A sticky treat is lurking,
And you don't have a clue!
I can see your sole,
I even know your size
SQUISH! I finally got you,
Oh, what a sweet surprise!
I'm laughing as you curse,
Then scurry to the grass
Strings of sticky chaos,
Is now a pesky mass!
Now scrape your gummy shoe,
Along that rugged curb
Have I gotten next to you?
Your face looks quite disturbed!
Remove that soily heel,
Submit to your defeat
You look like Captain Ahab,
While limping down the street!
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