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"Something From an Absolute Mushroom, With Only 59 Minutes Remaining"

"Something From an Absolute Mushroom, With Only 59 Minutes Remaining"


Oh shit
Only 59 minutes left
And I've only just begun
to write...

So I'll walk to the door,
Vent the air,
And retreat into a withdrawn discharge
Of the wasteful and the weird...

Bizarre, they'll say,
Nothing like the glamorous imported
French fare,
Or the bulked-up hemo-smut-junk
That fascinates the young and nubile...

Pyramid.

Maybe a gradual build-up
To an enlarged domain
Hiding in the shadows
Of my wrist would be a more fitting exposition.

Damn.
That was demonstratively easy-
Out of my territory,
But plain to see in this wilderness.

Did you know that in some twisted way
Economic expansion is equated with Imperialism?
Ridiculous.
What junk.

But such conjecture I'll have to leave in suspense here,
I am rather looking for exile
In someone's expectancy,
Eager to please.

Oh, dear, where did you put the disposable diapers?

The bottom line is the involvement
Of senses and skills,
Judgments and know-how,
Actions and exposure to this jaunt into the eruption
of impractical verse that is
Diligently and effectively evicted
From recourse to gimmickry.  


Nice words, but that last stanza probably lost 25.6% of the readers.  


I’ll have to rewrite it later.

My motive here is just a notion of ill-pragmatism,
Un-properness, mis-rightness, ex-helpfulness,
and sub-propriety on a crusade, no, a trek, no, a safari
hunting the colorfully bizarre peculiar renditions
Of pioneering writers stampeding in a frenzied, ugly,
Uncontrollable circus at a writer’s fair.

But I expostulate with myself,
Acknowledging the betrayal of my stripped,    

Peeled banana that is now unveiled, naked to the world,
Now a missile, now a raging rampant explicative
Against the wall.


What a mess.
   

Hmmm, I sense I've lost another 15.2% of the readers
Who just had a subliminal urge for a banana.

I look at my watch. Is this getting too long?
Damn. I'm just getting warmed up and I've already lost
25.6% + 15.2% = 40.8% of my readers.

And now 12.1% more who have an aversion to math.

The rest of you may stop reading now,
I am just doing this for my own edification...
Thank you for trying to make sense out of this,
And if you did,
All the credit goes to you
Because I am an absolute mushroom.    


   


   


wbiro




Author notes

Looks like I'm back in my true form...
Written January 13th, 2005

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  • leannewales
    January 16, 2005
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    lol well actually I am a threatened species....(the neighbours often run out of their houses to threaten me..I have no idea why!)


  • wbiro gold member
    January 16, 2005
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    Ahh, my official response to intrigueme here in the contest comments: Confabulous!
    Edited on Jan 16, 7:50 p.m. because '...I oft err...'.

  • wbiro gold member
    January 16, 2005
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    reply to leannewales- judging by the post-contest write up, I thought a 'leannewales' was some sort of marine bird related to the penguin, so I looked it up on Google... it turned out to be something much better!

  • wbiro gold member
    January 16, 2005
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    Response to chasedbythecows- Your reply was ezzu xzi ezd expui exqisite! (close enough!)
    Edited on Jan 16, 7:46 p.m. because '...I err...'.

  • the chase
    January 16, 2005
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    Superb.

    Oh my... I bow down to you and all your insanely humorous rubbish. I see why you've taken the gold, dahling, and I'm forced to say Bravo! You remind me a great deal of me, when I'm trying to piss off my English teacher, that is.

  • leannewales
    January 16, 2005
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    quite a trippy slippy ride here!!...the mushroom was magic!...well done on winning the gold...I happily concede to such gracious craziness!.....congratulations...leanne xxx

  • chasedbythecows
    January 16, 2005
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    That stupid background is talking to me...are you sure this just isn't a whole huge advertisement for stuff? 'Cuz now I'm eating a banana, brought a lava lamp, signed up for a self-help course in math, & economics, and now off to take a trip to the Pyramids of Giza.


  • wbiro gold member
    January 14, 2005
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    Pizza- yes, because you are eating for two, I see!


  • January 14, 2005
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    a maniacal funhouse in this fair of writers

    I like mushrooms,I stayed, but now I am off with an incredible urge for some pizza.


  • wbiro gold member
    January 14, 2005
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    I think my head is getting big... or misshapen...


  • Touchof1der silver member
    January 14, 2005
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    I have to give you credit for one thing... you are consistent! Consistently good that is! I am in awe of your amazing talent. Your works hold me spellbound and captivated by the many images that you weave within your words. You write with clarity and style and a certain grace that is far too lacking in poetry and your well chosen words go down rich and smooth, like fine wine, leaving me to thirst for more. Good luck in the contest!
    ♥ Kimberly

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