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HORS D’OEUVRES IN BABYLON
“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?... Yes, by Saint Anne; and ginger shall be hot i’ the mouth too.”
1. There’s the ouroboros Or Irish elver, succored and suckled On its very own tail, the walrus Who swallowed the oyster, most Loyal pal, ogled, guzzled and gobbled Her down, till the wall of her fundamental Mother-of-pearl lisped weakly From its froth of broth-water And all this dribbled, star by star,
2. Into her night liquor jar, patiently Cellared until worthy Spiritus Mundi, Which he quaffed, ignoble bugger, Though he gagged and coughed, but Nice try, Anonymous, no kell. Kells is a place with a famous Monastery and cathedral, a moat Full of salty, hard-titted Mermaids, their spell-binding
3. Drawbridges cased in iridescent Sequins which lift with scorn For the accomplishment, their slither And incessant whisper, Mene Tekel Upharsin, (You have been weighed!) Maddening to Nebuchadnezzar, Who fell to his knees and ate grass, Get it? Slapping and flopping Their fish-hips as if splitting
4. Solomon’s twot-contested Little Israeli, red as a strawberry From strewn, not hay turned gray, Or straw, tart and cleaving itself With a moist, mute gasp So it could be cloven and cleave Until the wet eye of it were Wild as the sky for a moment, Ruby blue, if not a whole minute.
It’s all to the good, the lovely, Tra-la-la lovely, but blinding Spectacle-hood of female ontology, Which re-invents society’s aptitude For a civilized epistemology To recompense its servitude to vile And mortal biology. Take my daughter, As Roger Dangerfield, dear departed Clone of Henny Youngman Might have offered, closer to forty Than when she performed With the local Youth Symphony
Stoned for joy or boredom: other Violin bows descended Whenever her’s rose, and then At the supermarket, where we’d gone To purchase a brick of low-fat Ice cream–no wonder she was bored– For a treat and reward, she was abruptly Busted for concealing a cigarette pack, And bawled, being vulnerable And sweet, then as today, her heart Wide open, her mind Completely secret.
The elephant’s prehensile grip Tipping crab apples as if life Depended on extract Of ruby bitterness Or meerschaum peanuts Transported with swift, shameless Awkwardness to get cracked In its fumble chew And mumbling, thin-lipped Hairiness, its needs Mammoth, its equanimity bored And murderous, you’d rather Lick strawberry juice And not mess with it.
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HORS D’OEUVRES IN BABYLON
“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?... Yes, by Saint Anne; and ginger shall be hot i’ the mouth too.”
1.
There’s the ouroboros
Or Irish elver, succored and suckled
On its very own tail, the walrus
Who swallowed the oyster, most
Loyal pal, ogled, guzzled and gobbled
Her down, till the wall of her fundamental
Mother-of-pearl lisped weakly
From its froth of broth-water
And all this dribbled, star by star,
2.
Into her night liquor jar, patiently
Cellared until worthy Spiritus Mundi,
Which he quaffed, ignoble bugger,
Though he gagged and coughed, but
Nice try, Anonymous, no kell.
Kells is a place with a famous
Monastery and cathedral, a moat
Full of salty, hard-titted
Mermaids, their spell-binding
3.
Drawbridges cased in iridescent
Sequins which lift with scorn
For the accomplishment, their slither
And incessant whisper, Mene Tekel
Upharsin, (You have been weighed!)
Maddening to Nebuchadnezzar,
Who fell to his knees and ate grass,
Get it? Slapping and flopping
Their fish-hips as if splitting
4.
Solomon’s twot-contested
Little Israeli, red as a strawberry
From strewn, not hay turned gray,
Or straw, tart and cleaving itself
With a moist, mute gasp
So it could be cloven and cleave
Until the wet eye of it were
Wild as the sky for a moment,
Ruby blue, if not a whole minute.
I make it so easy for you, don't I?
MUTUAL DURANCE
It’s all to the good, the lovely,
Tra-la-la lovely, but blinding
Spectacle-hood of female ontology,
Which re-invents society’s aptitude
For a civilized epistemology
To recompense its servitude to vile
And mortal biology. Take my daughter,
As Roger Dangerfield, dear departed
Clone of Henny Youngman
Might have offered, closer to forty
Than when she performed
With the local Youth Symphony
Stoned for joy or boredom: other
Violin bows descended
Whenever her’s rose, and then
At the supermarket, where we’d gone
To purchase a brick of low-fat
Ice cream–no wonder she was bored–
For a treat and reward, she was abruptly
Busted for concealing a cigarette pack,
And bawled, being vulnerable
And sweet, then as today, her heart
Wide open, her mind
Completely secret.
RODNEY DANGERFIELD
As John Keats was heard
To cough and murmur,
"But who was stouter,
Cortez or Balboa?"
What an excellent daughter poem, though I must say--low-fat ice cream? Worst reward ever, and I, for one, would have bitten you.
DINNER WITH SLOBBER NOSTRIL
The elephant’s prehensile grip
Tipping crab apples as if life
Depended on extract
Of ruby bitterness
Or meerschaum peanuts
Transported with swift, shameless
Awkwardness to get cracked
In its fumble chew
And mumbling, thin-lipped
Hairiness, its needs
Mammoth, its equanimity bored
And murderous, you’d rather
Lick strawberry juice
And not mess with it.
Have a delicious holiday, resident genius. I will return taller and older.
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