Wishful Thinking

You're

     a blind fish dreaming you're a swan

     a broken radio dreaming you're on

     a chiped dish dreaming you're a mouth

     a frigid landscape dreaming you're the south

     a sudden slap dreaming you're a kiss

     a clogged bog dreaming you're the abyss

     a barbed word dreaming you're a joke

     a  cancer cough dreaming you're a toke

     a Guiness fart dreaming you're a rose

     a scabed snot dreaming you're a nose

     arrogant bliss dreaming you're kind

     a stoped watch dreaming you've time

     a trampled path dreaming you're wild

     a withered crone dreaming you're a child.

 

              A dark cloud,

                                   not a blue sky.

             Clumsey truth,

                                   not a bright lie.

     You're a wrong turn dreaming you've the right-of-way.

     A bad dream dreaming you're the light of day.

Reviews

[jaime]

hmmmm, this one's interesting. Reminds me of something...(or someone). This poem should be cheerful because of the light, playfulness or the wording...but the cheeriness is smothered by dark tones. I have mixed feelings about this one. Makes me feel uneasy, sad, so if that was what you were going for...good job ;)

[Emily B]

Reminds me of the curse by Millay, "I'll be a bitter berry in your brewing yet." I can't say why. It just does.