Thursday, 21 March 2019

roll your own



roll your own

pick up the
golden pebbles of the found words
throw them   see them
ripple across a still pool of thought
see them 
on the bottom of the lake 
glowing where the poem fishes spawn

kingfisher words iridescently flash
trout words twisting fast
up-stream words
down-stream words
deep words for shallow thought
thin ice words over profound thought

under fingernail dirty words
between the toes muddy words
slimy frog words
coarse slow toad words 
Larkin lurking - sorry son

who left the foundling words
what is their parentage
who will adopt these orphans
and teach them to talk 
send them over for tea 
and upside down cakes 
and they can tell me all about it

i’ll lay the striped tablecloth and
call the page to serve tea from the
everlasting pot and we’ll snooze
rocked by the sighs of the prodigals 
brought home again for a big hug

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