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Gherkin Pickles, Juniper Berries, and the Internal Security Police



They were the feathered people of high social positions,
upgrading deteriorated crater properties
and displacing the poor who scurried this way and that,
yet who all belonged to the same genus as the ape
that practiced geocentric genuflections
upon spheroidal rocks lined with crystals
that resonated with the geopolitics of geostationary orbits
above germanium fields of pink and purple flowers
which were home to small rodents
that diagnosed and treated the grave illnesses
of small masses of protoplasmic structures
which spoke the German language of the Teutonic Knights to large dogs
who where commanded to attack the agents that killed germs…
 

 

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It only took one germ cell to sprout and grow
into the Internal Security Police
who had just sneezed in their costumes
that intermittently ejected columns of water into the air
and smelled of gherkin pickles.
The Police deemed any endeavor that did not elevate one
into a respected and serious position a waste of time;
but not being encumbered by that restriction themselves
floated down a river in New Mexico
being financed by a woman
in return for sexual favors of the highest quality
and flavored with juniper berries
and flat brittle cookies spiced with ginger. 

 

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This inflamed the gums of Chinese laborers
who could then only eat molasses cake
that had the medicinal properties
of Italian painters of the Medici period
and the strong pungent odors
characterized by abnormally high intraocular fluid pressures
mounted in light frames to protect the eyes from brief flashes of light
that accompanied choral songs sung in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
This they did effortlessly in the self-satisfied twilight
as tiny globular clusters performed on glockenspiels
and sang lists of difficult words with a warm fuzzy air.


UOUOUOUOUOU

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This resulted in a mixture of a sticky antifreeze
with a strong liquid adhesive that was then used to bind quarks
to hypothetical particles protruding from trees
which were swaying in the fullest of harmony
with large bearded African antelope sprouting curved horns
who went about their business amid a fabled race of dwarf-like men
who ate dumplings made of large potatoes
that were then used to prod animals into guarding their treasure hoards
of lecherous men resembling goats who worked mischief and evil.


tuABCDEFGHIJKMPQRST

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But while worshipping grotesque elfin creatures with wide bulging eyes
who had an affinity for discotheques and energetic music
the dwarf-like men disappeared off the coast of Guinea
and reappeared in the neck of a large eagle suspended from a balloon.
They ate gherkin pickles and juniper berries
that were stolen from the headquarters of the Internal Security Police
by Italian painters of the Medici period
and Chinese laborers with inflammed gums.
This angered the woman financing the entire operation
who packed-up her glockenspeils and went home.


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Author notes

I thought that 'music' added the final curious touch to this curious piece... and that it was time to write something 'different'... now if you read this while listening to the music I'll give you five stars purely out of sympathy...

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  • wbiro gold member
    August 17, 2007
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    thanks everyone, as promised, 5 stars for your suffereing...! (now I'll have to listen to the music to see what you went through...)


  • ricochet rabbit
    August 17, 2007

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    This is a very interesting poem and doubtless has a captivating story. For some reason -- I don't know why -- this reminds me of 2001: A Space Oddyssey. Anyway, I appreciate your large vocabulary and your mixture of myth with science. Thank you very much for sharing this.

    • wbiro gold member
      August 17, 2007
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      2001 a Space Od... Odd... (googling the spelling...) Odyssey! There! Well, I looked at it, tilting my laptop this way and that, and concluded that it must have been the book and not the movie- for when I think of the movie I see a spacewalking astronaut silently floating and floating and floating and floating and floating and floathing (starts to look funny, that word...) -it wasn't the fastest-paced movie out there... (in fact it wins the award for slowest ever!) so book, yes... and, just as everyone else, 5 stars for your suffereing...!


  • JinSays gold member
    August 17, 2007

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    I'm listening to Music...where's my points man???

    Imaginative, strange, definitely different. You win my vote for abstract.
    Some of the words didn't make any sense, but the fun of this write shown through splendidly!
    I should've known something with Gherkin pickles in the title would be a bit off the beaten track.
    Jin


  • suseann
    August 17, 2007

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    Internal gibberish of the highest quality I must say. It took great imagination to compose an obvious lack of sleep composition of this magnitude.Or sweet pickles and strawberry ice cream before bedtime.I don't seem to see a music link. But one can only imagine something along a similar mood as the piece would fit.Ravings of a genius madman here into resides.Bravo for the bravery it took .Loved it.


  • Soulful Woman silver member
    August 17, 2007

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    This was very interesting. The title is was, of course, what caught my eye. Could not imagine what it could be about. I really enjoyed this. I am just having my morning coffee and between this read and my coffee I am jolted into my day..lol. Thanks for a great piece.
    Soulful Woman


  • ebaby
    August 17, 2007

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    Wow abstract indeed! The music as well.... I like it tho and the ending made me lol way to hard.....They ate gherkin pickles and juniper berries
    that were stolen from the headquarters of the Internal Security Police
    by Italian painters of the Medici period
    and Chinese laborers with inflammed gums.
    This angered the woman financing the entire operation
    who packed-up her glockenspeils and went home........


  • misticmoonlite gold member
    August 17, 2007

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    lol this was a funny way of looking at the internal affairs? dept.you gave it a boost in the rear,if I must say so,,pure sympathy is for the birds lol
    give you 2 ,cause I liked it,disgusting rodents lol

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