Lick the Toad

Day 15 NaPoWriMo - a romp and a rump in the land of the toads.

Lick the toad,

lick the toad,

lick the toad…’

A soft chanting filled my head.
I do recall licking the toad.
Soon after - life rapidly

kicked into overload. 

The leaves on trees,

were emerald green,

sparking an iridescent comet.

They fell from the sky, 

so high, so high.

A passing gorilla stopped to vomit.

I offered water. 

He said ‘why thanks, 

not often are humans good to me.

They take advantage 

of the gift of earth, 

now excuse me I have to pee.’

I watched him leave, 

then in his place, 

a plane size butterfly flapped on by.

‘Caught in a thermal,’

he yelled on down,

‘otherwise, I’d come and say hi.’

I nodded and waved, 

the road had been paved,

with thousands of dead snail shells.

I walked and they broke, 

troubling me at the yoke.
Chiming like death valley bells.

The sky was a swirl 

of little Indian girls, 

dancing in Bollywood style.

Chai wallah sitting in sand, 

wobbling his head, tapping his hand,

‘come sit friend, talk, stay a while.’

His language Urdu,

transformed into a Saddu,

and choofed on a thin wooden pipe.

‘For now you must go, 

for you licked the toad,

return to reality reunite.’

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

had to be you KW! toad licking indeed!! :) i love it all ..the Aussie flavors just right .. the story delightful .. having survived the 60's i find this very relatable as well .. and i laughed so hard when on first read i hit this line:
"A passing gorilla stopped to vomit."
(chuckling again now) ..day 15 oh my! keep up the great work my friend .. hugs to all out your way!
E.

[KWP]

Haha yeah day 15 - where was my mind that day? Full of hallucinogens me thinks ... oh well ... Trippy trippy X love ya X

[Einstein Noodle]

lickthetoadlickthetoadlickthetoad! sung to light my fire ....any version :))))))))))))

[Paul Bell]

I met Aprils toad upon the road.
He said to me.
The righteous path is beyond the trees.
But be careful of colourful rain.
The gorilla does his pee at three.

[KWP]

The gorilla did his pee at three and by gosh he did it right on me .... I stank I stank I tell you right .. when pee does dry its outta sight (still sinks but)

[Paul Bell]

It sure is.

[Tomás Ó C..]

Trippy! !! Id never heard the term before...

[KWP]

what term ?

[Einstein Noodle]

why "lick the toad" of course! ;) sorry for my butt in

[KWP]

Oh lock the toad ... I never saw your butt in here til now :-)

Hahahaha X

[Zoya]

Haha, this gave me a good laugh! well, I didn't know that licking a toad could make a person have hallucinations. Thanks for the knowledge. I loved your Chai wallah btw XD. Thank you for sharing!

[KWP]

a laugh is all I need :D writing a poem a day for April, it's amazing what the mind does proffer at times :D Cheers you X

[Zoya]

Yeah, it really is. Cheers!

[Relic]

Wow, all that over a toad. I have never licked or kissed a toad but a girl I knew once reminded me of one. :D

Great poem. :)

[KWP]

oh nice a toad girl :D

There are certain toads and if you lick them they give a hallucinogenic reaction ... go now ... find the toad X

[Relic]

haha, try explaining that to your friends at the party. They'll be looking in the backyard for toads when the beer runs out. :)

[KWP]

cheaper option ... there's you tube vids of dogs after they have licked toads ... funny man!

[Relic]

I'll look that up soon. :)