Boiling Frogs

Time in momentum

Hits like a pillow

Kills like she’s venom

Ms corrosion over time

Poisons me in comfort

As I slowly boil alive

Her modus operandi

Is to trick me with candies

Gently bind me to habits

Like an oblivious frog

First in great comfort

Then when it’s too late

Eventually boiled alive

Author's Note

Reviews

[Neville]

Strewth mate, I thought they only did that to lobsters and the like. You just gone and put me of my tea... However yes indeed, that's time for ya...Nobodies friend in the end I'm afraid. A nicely crafted and prophetic little write, if I may say so...........All Good Things, for now at least.....Neville

[Davidgeo]

The Boiling Frog fable is where I stole this idea from.

[SleeplessVolcano]

Good one! A fable that I want to write a poem about is the scorpion and the frog....know that one?

[Neville]

Both fables of course have their merits, have ya heard the bunny boiler variant? 'Boiling ferrets!! Not to be tried at home folks & please note...No creatures were harmed during the course of devising this response, or I hope subsequent to it....Neville

[DIVYA]

We used to anesthetize and dissect them as students. They lay unsuspecting, with their innards exposed, eyes popping, hoping to be released soon. And we did release them, by flinging them over our compound wall, bellies ripped, to be eaten alive by stray dogs. Oblivious till its too late.

[Davidgeo]

Damn... you're a savage Divya.

[DIVYA]

Ms corrosion is one too :)

[April Blue]

I really like the feast of words that you have put together here.. Well done!!!

[Davidgeo]

Thank you April.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I prefer my frogs deep fried. Ya know they have zero percent fat in them :)I agree with your topic at hand. When on full alert we are pretty good at observing what's going on. However, when content, man do we miss it.
PS I 'd like a side of greens and maybe a hushpuppy with my frog legs.

[Davidgeo]

Southern comfort food is always appealing. The frog may have no fat but the batter it gets fried in sure does... still better than chicken wings.

Are you familiar with the fable of the Boiling Frog? I kinda stole the idea from that.

[Cherrie Palmer]

It was more of a repurposing

[Davidgeo]

That sounds better. I like how put that.

I used to fret over originality but now a days... I've found that almost everything anybody writes has already been, more or less, written before. It's both humbling and frustrating. I suppose if I didn't read (listen to audiobooks) this would be a problem. I'd feel a lot better about myself if I at least thought I was being original is what I'm trying to say.

[Davidgeo]

(.... if I didn't read (listen to audiobooks) this *wouldn't* be a problem) is what I meant to type.

[Cherrie Palmer]

yes I'm amazed at how I think i have captured something unique only to find it stated better by someone before me. :)

[Cherrie Palmer]

Ya know you could couple this with a watched pot never boils (could be what the frog was thinking right before he became an appetizer )😏

[Davidgeo]

It's kinda hard to incorporate two oppo concepts like that in a stylish way. That might be beyond what I'm capable of doing well.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Well I like your frog as is. I was just being funny

[Davidgeo]

Funny or not that's an excellent idea... just one really easy to f**k up. I've never met a writer personally who could be Run DMC and Aerosmith all at once.