When books could fly, they were chucked!

If books could fly
the storm in a verse
would rain down verbs
that would flood the
cerebral chambers
of damning thoughts,
their actions not responsible
for climate change
where collected words
are measured on the rain gauge.
Today’s weather
will be a hot verse
at the start
followed by
a long explanation
in the hope that
someone would understand
the naked book
revealing all its pages
followed by a cold verse,
a few showers
and maybe some hail.
Anyway, books can’t fly
so simply ignore all
in this message.
Yes! Never happened!
Get it! Never....

Reviews

[mou]

I too thought that book couldn't.. and then your poem comes and the DENIAL.. i always love AM's turn after slowly elevating the beats of readers (INSUSTICE!!) :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so just pigs can fly? not books?
well, books make me fly...i float away in the stories and immediate life becomes a distant breath.

when you talk about verbs here it reminds me of something Steve Martin once said about
writing novels and saying he finally started using verbs....said his novels really picked up then.

[andrew mitchell]

As I said to Margie I was listening to time and a word album by Yes while recalling those mad Monty Python cartoon sketches and the combination brought this out! lol Thanks for stopping by J.

[barleygirl]

I'm not sure of the point you're making, but this poem sure does conjure up that confusion we've been feeling due to all the conflicting ways to read/write/present information. Your climate-related comments lead me to a modern-day political interpretation, but your poem could also be innocent & straightforward . . . suggesting that books, in general -- either people love 'em or don't even see them! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[andrew mitchell]

haha I don't know what my point was either, I was listening to time and a word album by Yes drifting while previously thinking of those mad Monty Python cartoon sketches and these nonsensical thoughts wandered out!

[barleygirl]

Yes & Monty Python . . . yes, that explains everything!