Tag: absurdity

  • pot fingers kettle for coarse crimes committed

    do not converse with yourself
    within my stormflint gaze
    smalltalk is still smalltalk
    in cafe or on flickering screen
    give me substance or give me death...

    i favor comfortable silence &
    carve words close to the bone
    even haiku can grow too long
    already this has worn welcomes
    to rags & ribbon, so i—

  • oh dear, i’m late

    gold skeleton pocketwatch
    Photo by Anthony DeRosa on Pexels.com
    tick tock
    with cogs and clock
    with arms a'
    spinning and whirling
    don't lose your head
    or you'll wind up dead
    with fingers gone
    stiff and curling