Paper Wings

Stomping around in glass slippers
Where sideways sidewalks are found
The Nothing rumbles through
Alice's hole in the ground

I follow the Yellow Brick Road
And find The Last Unicorn
Who leads me to Tom's white fence
Where Little Boy Blue blows his horn

Watching a camel walk through the eye
I take flight on paper wings
But get stuck in Wonka's small hallway
Listening as the Siren sings

And mesmerized by Medusa's beauty
The Beast's petals begin to fall
And I stumble upon Romeo and Sir Lancelot
Duling for the Fairest of Them All

By chance I meet the Jabberwok
Who introduces me to King Kong
They teach me how to write
But that turns out all wrong

I try Sam's Green Eggs and Ham
But don't like them very much
I behold the naked Emperor
but just miss his Midas Touch

I make sure to avoid The Wild Things
And jump on the Polar Express
Is it any wonder, I ask myself
That my life is a complete mess

August 17, 2006