Preamble: In the course of human existence
certain opportunities arrive but once in a lifetime.
This is not one of them. I cannot help but smile
when I say,
“Peeking Into Pinhead’s Brain”,
for in that tiny space
(and it is a very tiny space indeed!)
there is an uncharted universe waiting to be explored…
So without further adieu,
let me blow the dust off the sails
of the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina
and once again set sail across the vast voids of an unknown world-
this time that space contained within Pinhead’s brain,
on a voyage of discovery, danger, and excitement.
So out of sheer boredom… I give you:
Peeking Into Pinhead’s Brain
(a dangerous journey...)
Synapses snap under the weight of my vessels
as I sail past a scene of nourished homeless
with chubby cherub cheeks
gratefully finding their way with dim flashlights
through the wars and famines of the dreamscapes of Pinhead's mind...
Gravity pounces upon us and the Nina crumbles beneath it,
the crew cries and vanishes in the hollow echoes of his sleepless mind.
We watch with horror as it sinks into a whirlpool of his saline tears
which are wiped away by his solid hands holding a waxy candle
dripping on the image of a nude...
We sail on, more watchful of unsuspected moments of gravity...
Mayhem has been here,
that is evident by the red crimson ruby chrome steel fury
gleaming behind his eyes
and spilling out onto the barstool below…
the waves are getting choppy, a storm is brewing…
I can feel it in my bones… I can smell it in the air...
We map the uncharted waters as we sail through his mind,
a remote island here, cannibal savages there...
the map begins to appear as a tattoo of dragons playing poker
on the smooth curves of a roadside waitress…
we thirst not on our voyage,
for the wine of his thoughts keeps us inebriated,
and sailing in circles for days…
Oh! The mother load!
We have caught the Tide!
But we are soon aghast-
the tide bears us through diseases of dead scabs,
there is an emerald forest
haunted by the fallen victims of a war machine
composed of flesh-eating viruses on the backs of maggots
bleeding noxious fumes in acid rain…
I order the crew below to save them from such a spectacle,
but not before I have them tie me to the mast
so I could witness the wonders of Pinhead's brain…
We sail on and enter the darker recesses of his mind…
of art and leather, of turgid clits
writhing among pierced nipples…
I send my crew below again, to save their souls
(but I have them tie me to the mast again so I could live to tell the tale...)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I could not record all that we beheld
on our journey through the mind of Pinhead,
for the volume alone would have sunk our ships.
You will just have to gather enough courage,
three ships, and a crew
to set sail yourself
and behold the wonders that are in the vast voids
of the empty spaces of Pinhead’s brain…
Derived with much fun from the following Pinhead pieces:
Author notes
Illustration: Les trois caravalles de Colomb
Le Monde illustré, vol. 6 no 288. p. 221 (9 novembre 1889)
Written February 12th, 2006
In a list
A contest entry
- Contest: Are You A Pinhead? by Heart Sutra.
300 points, ended February 26, 2006, 7 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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glad you liked my little voyage through your head, Pin!
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Loving this! Did you know, if you listen, close to my ear, you can hear the ocean. No, really! You failed not to remember that all the tiny angels are drunk and topless!
Very cooooool1
Peace,
Rob -
a belated thank you for the comment, oh Wanda-ie One... Rob's Great Spirit, or his love of spirits, we'll never know!
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Thanks, Yves, when I was writing it I was inside the large cavern that is Pinhead's mind, agape with awe...!
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This reminds me of the old saying, which I'll try to paraphrase, that says each point on a line contains infinity, or something such. Small indeed is rob's brain, yet vast in its depth.
Well done, good friend.
peace
doug
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This is great! I adore Pinhead and I love this contest and I love everyone entering it! Especially when I get to read delightfully wonderful things like this poem. I am sure he will be happy to read it. I also enjoy your presentation. Pinhead always has a great back drop to every poem.
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"We map the uncharted waters as we sail through his mind,
a remote island here, cannibal savages there...
the map begins to appear as a tattoo of dragons playing poker
on the smooth curves of a roadside waitress…
we thirst not on our voyage,
for the wine of his thoughts keeps us inebriated,
and sailing in circles for days…"
Aarrgghh, Matey...avast ye landlubbers...To the planks with ye, then...
Muahahahahaha!!!
Very cool penning, Wayne...Great picture & background, too...These above stanzas bespeak of Rob's great Spirit...well done...Good luck in the contest...Be well, Poet...
Wanda
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