Cookie Monster and the Incredible Shrinking Man

It's a funny nightmare for a grown woman. She used to like Grover, running from one end of the living room to the back end of the kitchen, "Here!" she would exclaim, and touch the cupboard and run back. Whatever it was that cookie monster did to end up in her nightmares, she cannot remember. Only one day, he travelled there, and took up residence, deep in her psyche. He is entrenched. Enter the Incredible Shrinking Man -- an old black and white movie she used to watch on WDIV Duluth TV. It scared the hell out of her, especially the part where he had to fight the spider. Mix the two together in the mind of a 5 year old and you have a recipe for a recurring nightmare that has spanned nearly forty years:

"Yum yum, me gonna get some,
 A bite of that little one --
 use my shrink ray gun".
 
 Zip zap it's all done,
 now I am tiny,
 can't you see?
 "Somebody help me!
 way down here,
 right by the plug,
 yes that's me,
 I'm Grover;
 no bigger
 than a bug!"
 
 Big blue hands reach
 from above me --
 "No please!"
 And just like that,
 it's all over
 no more Grover,
 that Cookie Monster,
 he's insane,
 He just flushed me
                          down
                               the
                                    drain.
    

 

Author's Note

If you didn't think I was whacked before, you may think so now. :)

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like whacked, quite fun this was.

jacob

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I like fun.:)

[Frieda P]

Ha way beyond whacked hon. ;) I adore Cookie, stop picking on him...haha clever, what are you smokin? I'll have what you're having................

[Lyn Anderson]

Strictly on a running high these days, and this developed way before the smoking days:)

[Frieda P]

I hope you didn't have a hand in making the monster a vegan ;)

[Lyn Anderson]

I don't remember filing a complaint:)

[Frieda P]

Ha, good, that's my nightmare when a Cookie monster can't have his cookies and eat em too. ;)

[Leslie Philibert]

Like this too, mix of prose and poetry..excellent !

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much for stopping by.

[Raymond Federle]

LOL Good one! .......... :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks of all people, I thought you might like this one.

[Rachelle]

Which is why too much television is bad for you…. :D
I wonder how it would be with the anime characters I grew up with - Pokemon, Dragonball Z, Beyblade, etc. - even Power Rangers!

[Lyn Anderson]

Well, I don't know. Those things scare me too.:)

[Rachelle]

An even more violent tv age…. beyond the purple dinosaur. :P

[melissa]

Great poem keep up the great work and keep sending me more to read i love reading them ilove cookie mmonster he is awesome I use to watch him when I was little

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much.

[melissa]

Your welcome

[Vidya Bacchus]

I have firmly believed you were whacked all along.This is interesting Kit Kat,whatever could it mean?

[Lyn Anderson]

I am not sure what it means, but it is from childhood, so I have a fear of blue monsters and being flushed away, I guess:)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Oh well who are we to judge.To each his own yes?

[Scott Metro]

You are whacked..lol...cute notions here.
Very interesting write...very unusual...
Funny...
Enjoyed it.
Scotty

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks Scott, for stopping by:)

[Scott Metro]

My pleasure..!!
S.... xo

[Bright Ocean Star]

This piece is so funny! I love the peek into the mind of a five year old's nightmares. Terrific write! Bravo

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much. I have been wanting to put this one down for a while.

[Bright Ocean Star]

great job. :)