brittle light
brittle light
Aug 13, 2017

Liberty and Loose words

In the beginning
all the words of the world
were stuffed inside a pinata.
They mingled indiscrimately
until "committee" met "jerk".

Because of those two,
the first war of words began.
The chaos was overwhelming
and the pinata burst like a...pinata.

The countryside was littered with
nouns, verbs and explitives,
scattering,
like bugs on an overturned rock,
looking for a voice to inhabit.

Most found a home,
including "committee" and "jerk",
and went straight to multiplying,
like burger franchises
fodder for the fresh war to come.

About This Poem

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - draft

About the Author

Region, Country: upstate New York USA, USA

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Comments

weirdelf

language itself, leads to jerks and committees?

Nah, sorry, don't get it, mate.

Nice imagery but.

S

I read into it...
Pinata mix up
Spin it round
And bash it
To smitterins
See what spills out
Let the clowns collect......

brittle light

I wrote it
and it still baffles me
I like the thought "let the clowns collect the spillage"
I'll just let this one go
though I suppose things on the web are forever....scary , huh?

thanks for checking it out