May 29, 2012
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seven-sided wire cage
Seven sided wire cage
In the middle of a ghost town
Open walls keep the sea monster in
Cannot keep the noise of the silence out
Drowning in a sea of smoke
From the conflagration
Of fire in the sea
A bald man in a vest
Plays Dixie on the banjo
No dreams at all
No maggots in the outhouse
No sweeping up spilled tea
No penguins on parade
The open walls let the dreams out
Cannot keep the psychoses in
Little cottontail rabbits nibble
On sweet tasty grass
While predators lick their lips
i think i’m going slightly mad.
bluemooncat enormous thing 6. use the words: bald, smoke, sea monster, dreams, banjo, vest, rabbit, ghost town
Comments (35)
you do have quite an imagination. and you keep plugging away at the scavenger hunt.
you go, girl.
@plantinthewindow - what do you mean? it’s all real
who creates these challenges for you? Isn’t life hard enough already? Phewww
i dig.
@runisom48 - http://anvilsandedelweiss.xanga.com/ these challenges keep me sane when i have nothing to say and no way to say it.
@be_the_rain -
The last four lines are my favorites.
i see
@vexations - num num. i meant that i can’t hide my crazy. i feel like you interpreted it that i let it go. am i the bunny or am i the predator? another mystery i’m contemplating this morning.
I thought the bunny nibbling was a metaphor for ideas persisting to be expressed—gnawing to get out.
@vexations - yes. of course they are.
@vexations - so much of the time, i open up my head (like monty python’s flying circus) and i have no idea what i’ve said until later or until someone tells me.
Seems like a bald man in a best would only play Dixie. Or maybe dueling banjos if he had a partner.
Vest I meant if course. Doing his best.
@leaflesstree - a bald man doing his best while wearing a vest would have no contest
great work
@godfatherofgreenbay - thank you.
Whoa! That one sort of raised the hair on my arms and back of the neck. I do believe ‘slightly mad’ is appropriate. Well done even if it did make me squirmy. Oy…
sounds like a bob Dylan song.
@James_River - i could sing it in that gravelly voice.
@MzSilver - sorry for the hair-raising. i’ll try to be less terrifying tomorrow.
@promisesunshine - LOL… First the spidie from yesterday evening and now this. I’m not sure I can take much more. Although it certainly gets the heart rate up.
@MzSilver - i think you ought to reassess how you want to get your heart rate up.
@promisesunshine - I SO agree and can think of a couple right off the top of my head!!
That was scary. You are bold to bring out all this in a poem.
@ZSA_MD - and now i’m scared that i had no idea it was scary. i’ll write about flowers and puppies tomorrow.
That was awesome! Very random and creative. Kinda like sinking your spoon into a bowl of unknown soup and each time you lift your spoon from the bowl, you get something different =)
@Angelus_Howl - soup.
i like your analogy. (i’m failing on coming up with the right expression. but it made me smile. and possibly get an idea for something else to write)
I like your spontaneous creativity. Very nice.
@promisesunshine - Well i’m glad i made you smile. Lemme know if you come up with something
This could be my favorite from your work. I enjoy it very much.
Very moving.
@armnatmom - thanks
@awoolham - thank you.
@PrisonerxOfxLove - i appreciate that.
You did a good job with this one and the words were tough.
@ANVRSADDAY - thanks, frank.
Well written and you are a very creative, talented writer.
@Grannys_Place - thank you. sorry about your sister.