roots

a kidney bean

once became lodged

deep inside

my ear canal

 

and i don’t think

i need to remind you

how a sweet polyp

like that

will sprout roots

among the white axons

grow throughout the squid

and drink in salvation

from the brainpan

 

god knows

i’ve tried what i can

even

turned to the

purgative artillery

strong medicine for sure

but

my throat muscles

only strained and expelled

a bulky stool

so gassy

 

and when

the shaman

sat atop me

with his covey of broken clam shells

scraped the flesh from back of

my neck

wouldn’t you know it

the beast only sneered

from the hole and spat

 

so i guess

i’m resigned now

to co-exist with my friend

and no

as you’ve gathered

it’s not a symbiosis

 

but i’ll get by

Reviews

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

you've a way to flay away the pc prose of modern woes and reimbue it with the gut wrenching tear stained beauty that it IS even in a condition's degenerative dissolution~ you are like the olden wizards of preRome who wandered lands of Dhawos making magik out of pain and suffering and breathing stunning revelatory gem drops into the wrenching fields of mortality~

[Kaylor Mason]

That had to be really painful.

[Chris Shaw]

Definitely had a sci fi feel to it but this poem can be read on different levels. Yes to types of relationships. You also brought a memory back of my three year old sister who stuck a tiny artificial flower up her nose. There is stayed rotting until the smell directed my mother to the doctors. Said stinking flower was removed eventually by a pair of tweezers. Children have a habit of sticking things in strange places. I can,t say I enjoyed the read. It made me wince although you certainly got a reaction and my attention.

[DIVYA]

Oh wow....This is such a true example of a symbiotic relationship. The reality of so many of them. I loved it.

[Ciara]

Once planted, the seed will grow for better or worse. Intriguing write.

[Red Brick Keshner]

Quite scary and fascinating in the one breath. It has features of sci-fi and fantasy all blended into one riveting poem. Thanks for sharing. /Frederick.

[Lisasview]

Love the hidden meaning behind this..
Great use of metaphors..
Interesting story line..
Quite different..and rather weird..
Enjoyed it..
Lisa

[Adeline E. Weathers]

I was slight of every emotion; afraid, disgusted, enamoured and revoked of my own being. I will subscribe and is now a fan, please do more.

[Onyia-Ali, Kingsley Chu..]

Your use of words here is superb. Not everybody could be able to interprete this one. Well done.

[Ana Papaya]

This is awesome. I love when a poem takes me by surprise.
Very unique. Nice work.

[. serah .]

-- hahahaha... from where i'm looking, the 'bean' was an idea... and if a shaman couldn't get rid of it... and even got treated with disdain (by the 'bean')... the idea must've had something to do with atheism (maybe it was a hybrid created by Dr. Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher and maybe the shaman was Depak Chopra)... but then this could well be my one-track atheistic mind playing tricks on me... and now i'm trying to recall how i felt when i discovered that i'm an atheist... p.s. i was an in-the-closet atheist since the time i was a little girl... but i discovered the absence of any 'structured belief system' only recently... (as in a few years ago)... -- regardless of whether my interpretation is way off the mark or not, you're brilliant Maestro D. ... i really wish you taught me science subjects when there was still time for me to evolve into a scientist... for then... i wouldn't have been a mere rationalist... ah... them deep regrets can also be the 'bean'...