The time has come...
The Paulus said to speak of just one thing
Not shoes, nor ships
nor sealing wax
But how my flower
took wing.
It all began
three fortnight ago
When I was just
an embryo:
An amaryllis embryo,
new to planet Earth
In a plastic bucket
full of dirt & dearth
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casting all in black & white
Mr. CarPeo was on the deck
reading something he did write
⬅That you can see
but what you can not
Was when Mrs. C handed him
something jellied and hot
All she said–
as luck would have it
Just stuff it inside
that plastic bucket
Her words were firm
her words were bold
Thus, he just did
as he was told
All of the above
is truly to be believed:
That is how & when
my flower was conceived.
Three fortnight ago was April 13–
that you may have surmised
That was when this amaryllis
was magically fertilized
By something stuffed
into a plastic flowering pot
It was something jellied
it was something hot
The flower is Paulus the Amaryllis
with one last thing to say
Tomorrow...to one and all...
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY
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Footnote
THE PAULRUS & THE CARPEOS is the copyrighted property
of the Lewis Carroll School of Logic.
The first verse of the poem is a corruption of Lewis Carroll's
cautionary tale, The Walrus & the Carpenter.
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Are you reading something you wrote?
ReplyDeleteOr my mind
BOTH!
ReplyDeleteHe said amen
ReplyDeleteMr. Carpeo clams up
ReplyDeleteAnd claims he knows not
Not to see how the bee
And bird paulinates
The bulb in waiting
Aint it a shame that
DeleteClam Up and Claim,
written by Ray Peterssen,
is not a famous song?
As for what
"Mr. CarPeo...knows not."
That subject is too hot
to handle
And requires infinite space
to define in its place.
But now he must paulinate.
He finished watering
ReplyDeleteThe almond's milk
And read it's instructions
On using almond flour
To propagate red flower
I had written something on the fancy label of the almond milk...
ReplyDeletethe word .....W A T E R...
it had become my ice water container...
but i much prefer Mrs. Anon CarPeo's explanation...
Mr Wonderland (Carpeo) did see
ReplyDeleteThe note that said: Drink Me
And drink it, I did...
ReplyDeleteThe more water, the merrier
You are not a devoté of Perrier
ReplyDeleteI prefer distilled tap water because...
DeleteI still wanna be a tap dancer
Dance for me, Pauly
ReplyDeleteAny time...anywhere...name the floor and I will terpsichore
ReplyDelete