snatches of why

the scrappiness was outdone
waking toadstools from their oasis
watching pools rise and fall in unearned bliss
the watches were ticking the highlights were lighting
Even the fish seemed fishy but who asked them


rogers ago the fences went amiss
perhaps it was remission I don't know
the guns silent as magpies
twice as scent as wise
double meaning met phonetic
lost and tried again
there was no humor lost
I checked lost and found


the badgers were glistening again
I asked why but they didn't know
just sat on a toadstool and cried
no sense in lying but I did


crabcakes are too much, lions not enough
the birds cracked wise
forgetting eggs
they missed the time


perhaps the waffles are ready
i'll check them in a minute
could you check the stove
coo!  they're ready


i'll fill the bath, you get in
no no.  I'll drink the wine
just get the lab rats ready
we'll find out if they swim
wow!  look at their white lab coats!


too much for now
could you quit disturbing me
i'm getting ready for bed
yes i know.  stop already!
i know my fly's undone


you've done the math, I've done the whiskers
let's have no more commotion over that
just get dressed I'm ready to go
umm...could you help me get this splinter out?


dodgy i guess, but that's the way the ball flies
I'd jump if i was metaphor
but pundits let me off the hook
now I'm on the fly


i guess you know by now, everything's got to end
but I'm finally ready.  could you get my coat?
yes that right.  the one in the corner
it's too high?  ok i'll get it


denis streeter  8/18/16