Sensible Noses
A small crimson telephone quivers
Upon my nascent ionosphere
bouncing sound waves off a shiny planet
forever spilling, a rain of consciousness
and pizza digests slowly...
Corporate types in power ties
Fall slowly through the clouds
Descending upon Thanet
To wash away the smell of bleach
And chlorine fumes spawned freshly
By knowledge
The grey earth feeds her rivers
Titbits of exquisite spice
Your eyes are tinged with telltale blue
But you don't look especially nice
Thus even little girls must know
That radon makes your fingers glow
And beauty deep is not a show
Nor tread we there when bade to go
The birds fly like they are loaded with lead,
Kindred spirits overhead
10,000 chattel overfed
They might as well return undead
But if, at last, the toast gets burnt
and your liver smokes,
Wordless yearnings stir the soul
and romance once young grows stale
as fossil'd pterodactyl feet
Do a dance that's really neat
Contributors: | Roland, The Agent Apsley, dagwood, Gunther Flaps, cracking noise, Rippy, P, Bop, TG, Fea, Shen, Dove, Anon., Beth, The Poet, dano, Rip. |
Poem finished: | 25th January 1999. |