Free verse № 33887
Multiplicity the Hallucination
Am I not he who
In a moment of glee
Believed himself to be
The bee
from over the Lord's soft bower fled?
Am I not the one who thought
he's the Devil and ate a crocodile
That had served for his daddy's dish
An old lace-enamoured bitch,
while
The Flowers talked of the bygone days?
Am I not the he who in a glance
Was put into a bottle and sent
Over the seas
Only to be a leaf
To a man
Thinking under the trees?
From all these I conclude that I
A crocodile-engraven bottle in a bed of flowers
Feed
Where the bees talk with the thinking man
On the Leaf's journeys
Overseas
In a glance.
6 comments
Been meaning to read more of your "stuff" and I hope it is all as good as this one. Loved the way you tied it all together in the last stanza. It made me think which I like a poem to do. Very impressive with great imagery and meaning. I give it a nine though I think a ten is not out of line. Oh...just what does a crocodile taste like? I do know they are edible and I'm sure the croc views us the same way:)
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