The Man

The aquarius and agoraphobic man
who is alfresco
abhors aldente spaghetti.
Adjourns the altercations of animals
and admires amaranth in the apocalypse light.

Pig

Communist pig who,
shouts "two legs bad,
four legs good."
Controls the farm
Rewrites history.
Takes advantage.
Is over bearing.
Decrees "two legs good,
four legs bad."
The sheep WILL follow.

Jingle Bells Rewrite

Get away, get away
that is what she said
Go somewhere you want to be
You've limited yourself today
get away, get away
That is what she said
go somewhere you want to be
you've limited yourself today.

Rewritten Lyrics

V1. I’ve got to talk about something new
Its all about what your are gonna do
You let yourself glide along, knowing that
You don’t have to try to wear that hat.

C. I care what you do
Will you just give up? No
Think about this decision awhile
Your folks didn’t make it.
Not for you, not this time.
Make up your mind
For your happiness.

V2. She told me I didn’t try hard enough
I always knew where I would end up
I wouldn’t have to try hard for that
She always knows what is best for me

V3. She wants to talk about something new
Its all about what I am gonna do
All she wants is me to be happiest
I know she cares about me all the time.

"Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat

Secret Life

Lovers embrace in
the picture window.
a car called vengeance.
the hanging chair weaved,
basket like.
down a stairway,
hides the door.
Paint tries to escape the wall.
Cherry blossoms open up,
like two good friends after,
a long absence.

An Ode to the SAT Test Writers

Turcotte, J. "desk and pencil." photo. Fhs Poetry 2009. 14/4/09. http://www.fhspoetry2009.blogspot.com/

Test writers
you who weren't loved as children,
make high school students quiver in fear.
The equivalent of planting bamboo chutes
under their nails
and dipping the fresh wounds in Lemon juice.
You mock them
five tiny bubbles to fill in.
One right answer.
Some of us just doodle patterns on the leaves.
Others still try their hardest
on questions designed for them to fail
by you, not loved as children.

Dreams of Gelato Breakfast

Fortenberry, Arden. "Nelson and Arden". Photo. 5/4/09.

Dreams of Gelato Breakfast

In the briskness of morning,
the sun shines
over a cramped square
in Firenze Italia.
The beginning of day,
Sustenance spelled gelato.
the treat, too beautiful to consume
raspberry and pistachio
chocolate and hazelnut colored mounds,
stacked precariously
one on top of another
Threatening to slide away.
wind bullying those mounds.
As we
devour the scoops of crystallized dreams
melting around the cone.
Jealous crowds begin to gather
to buy their own
breakfast of dreams.