Fever Dream

A bit of silliness inspired by the novel of the same name.

I was reading a book the other day,

About a disease caused by parrots,

Its symptoms were heightened creativity,

And growing golden carrots.

No, strike that last line, it was the disease talking!

I shouldn't have petted that parrot,

In the last bar we were at.

The damn thing went and bit me,

Now I'm crazy as a bat!

But the disease is good,

The disease is fine,

Its gift is verse,

It supplies the rhyme.

But the sad part is,

In that book I read,

It kills the host,

You end up dead.

So if you don't see,

Any more of my rhymes,

You will know I've fallen,

On hard times.

The disease will have had,

Its way with me,

But I'll go down fighting,

You wait and see.

The nice part about,

Having read the story,

Is I can change the end,

And go out with glory!

Or not, as I choose!

© 2017 The Iron Horseman

Author's Note

With apologies to Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, authors of the novel with the same title. Sorry, guys, really! It was a great story. The parrot thing just tickled my funny bone!

Reviews

[Paul Bell]

Your poem might be better than the book.
Never trust a bird that can tell the other bird you're having an affair with the bird next door.

[The Iron Horseman]

LOL! Polly want a cracker!

[Poetic License]

Snarf.... note to self... Do not frequent same bars as IH.....

[The Iron Horseman]

Damn, there goes my pet fantasy! :)
No, seriously, come back, that was just a joke! lol.

[Poetic License]

LOL! Picking up speed even as I type. You're flying solo there!

[The Iron Horseman]

Crashing and burning, more like! lol!

[Neville]

My guess is they would both be quite chuffed, as indeed I was. Oh' and for what its worth, I'm still chuckling....N

[The Iron Horseman]

Thanks Neville. I'm glad that it gave you a laugh. And yes, I hope it would make the authors laugh, too. I love their books.