Red, orange, bright yellow and green
And, no shade to shed
These colors
forever
Thirst without water
but Pepsi instead
Cakes without sugar
And sugar;
no salt.
Salt without pepper
And all pepper;
no salt
Life without death
death without life
Me versus you
You versus me
And truly,
Only God shall see
Now spam is a nuisance to me
Like a
A fly in the kitchen
just waiting to see
which can is opened
chili or peas
Dogs without barks
and barks of no dogs
And cats who meow
and meows,
one;
dreads
And coldness of winter
without any snow
And spam continues
like this pray tell:
a dry parched desert
without any water
And an ocean filled
only with butter
A bird that screams
and never ever sings
A mailbox filled
with mostly clutter
How dissapointing
spam can be
expecting a note
but only see
A Spam sent messenger
of whom we can't see
Words of luring!
Luring that grabs
unaware are those
Spam stabs!
Watch for signs!
When the box is full
cause spam grabs Ya
using clever tools
Words of wisdom
and wisdom galore
Promise a vacation?
Or so it seems.
Spam offers hope
boasting with beams
messages of promise
promises' told
Dreams of far wonder
and dreams of fright
Spam gives a tale
A tale of delight
But,
Remembering wisdoms'
already said:
Spam is like
Toast and honey without any bread.
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CD Swanson 11/17/11
This was an interesting read. I enjoyed your prose/poem. I liked the latter part the best, it really flowed nicely. Good job - God Bless~
Randy Foncree 11/17/11
I don't get this...had a creative touch though...thanks for your efforts...
bonnie Jennings 11/18/11
Dearest Randy, Thank you for feedback even though it wasn't positive, at least it was honest. On the topic of SPAM lets face it, not too much serious thoughts could really be expressed in my opinion and so, I try to keep my world light, filled with humor and spam would be considered light weight, lets get rid of it with all attempts of humor if possible. Perhaps the next topic will be for the more serious thoughts and not so childlike. But, again, thank you for your honesty, I did not read any of yours, but I will. I do like metaphors and allegories the very best. Sincerely Bonnie
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 11/19/11
Poetry really isn't my favorite genre but I enjoyed your piece. The almost nonsensical contrast was absolutely brilliant. You did an outstanding job of nailing the topic, not only with your words but with the contrasts you presented. This is one of my favorites. (I wonder if everyone will "get" it, but I did and appreciate your irony)
bonnie Jennings 11/19/11
Thank you, Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom, I so very much appreciate your wonderful comment. It meant so much to me as I truly needed to hear your understanding and insightfulness of my poem. Every thing in our lives Christian or non are not always black and white or even grey for God has given us humor when we need it the most, that is the joy of oil of gladness when we grieve or have fears. So this is where most of my writing arises. Thank you, I will put you on my list of must reads. I'm recuperating but soon will be back fit as a fiddle and able to read your endearing words as well.. Thank you, Bonnie
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