Deep in the Woods
—Anonymous
BEACON OF DARKNESS
(inspired by the thoughts of Michael Ceraolo)
—Caschwa, Sacramento, CA
Poetry has the
Acoustical properties
Of music:
Onset, duration, release
With that sharp rock in my pocket
I set out onto the forest floor
Shaded by the canopy
To explore its mysteries
First I make the mistake
Of trying to conform
Unknown perceptions
To easy conventions
Is that a leaf blown by breeze
Or is it some kind of animal?
Or maybe the only thing moving
Are my vitreous floaters
I look upward and expect my gaze
To be met with all sorts of
Flora and fauna having sex
I get bird poop instead
Satire requires more brains
Than birds are known to have
So I didn’t take that personally
Just kept walking
Now trying to unlearn
All those “facts”
About the forest
That clouded my brain
I reach for that rock
In my pocket
Now a gaping hole
Someone else will find it
And create good, original
Forest poetry
That I will read and know
As déjà vu
(inspired by the thoughts of Michael Ceraolo)
—Caschwa, Sacramento, CA
Poetry has the
Acoustical properties
Of music:
Onset, duration, release
With that sharp rock in my pocket
I set out onto the forest floor
Shaded by the canopy
To explore its mysteries
First I make the mistake
Of trying to conform
Unknown perceptions
To easy conventions
Is that a leaf blown by breeze
Or is it some kind of animal?
Or maybe the only thing moving
Are my vitreous floaters
I look upward and expect my gaze
To be met with all sorts of
Flora and fauna having sex
I get bird poop instead
Satire requires more brains
Than birds are known to have
So I didn’t take that personally
Just kept walking
Now trying to unlearn
All those “facts”
About the forest
That clouded my brain
I reach for that rock
In my pocket
Now a gaping hole
Someone else will find it
And create good, original
Forest poetry
That I will read and know
As déjà vu
___________________________
—Medusa, with thanks to Carl Bernard Schwartz (Caschwa) for his poem inspired by last Monday's posting in the Kitchen of a poem by Michael Ceraolo!