Posts Tagged ‘fear’
Limerick #3
when i taste a rich bagel crust
whose onion topping is robust
the joy’s so severe
that i truly do fear
my tongue might spontaneously combust
23
02 2009
O
is for onion
the bagel i like most
N is for not ever equating it
to toast – that would be insanity,
which is what the I is for, and if you try to
say it’s not, i’ll just come bust down your door
and i’ll wear a mask, and i’ll carry an axe
and a can of gas and a bunch of matches
and you’ll be all like, oh god, no! which in
case you didn’t get it is what the second O
is for, but i won’t even hear your pleas,
cause i’ll be busy creaming cheese
once you get a taste of these,
you’ll Never make that
error again
07
02 2009
the darkness
the darkness sets in
not again
i pray
but i know it’s too late
my face furious hot heat beyond control i spring up i sprint forth
pulse pounding lungs ___screaming not enough air not __enough time i
slide stockings across linoleum
mouth agape from panting __no from horror for now i see it
black smoke spiraling ceilingward onion bagel burning below
i curse the 120-volt funeral pyre before me
both for not popping when it should have ___and for not being powerful enough to take ___my _wretched ____life as well
my face furious hot heat beyond control i spring up i sprint forth
pulse pounding lungs ___screaming not enough air not __enough time i
slide stockings across linoleum
mouth agape from panting __no from horror for now i see it
black smoke spiraling ceilingward onion bagel burning below
i curse the 120-volt funeral pyre before me
both for not popping when it should have ___and for not being powerful enough to take ___my _wretched ____life as well
