CARDBOARD CHIPS PLASTIC BREAD AND RUBBER BAKED BEANS

Written on a paper napkin in a greasy spoon with one of those hallucinatory hangovers�

I laid my head on a bit of bread

and pulled up my quilt of cheese

my bed pan is a coffee cup

my comb is a rusty fork

a spoon is my mirror

everything is clearer

under my quilt of ease

 

In the daybreak I awake

my ear is full of butter

and cheese between my knees

 

I met a lady who sleeps on salad

a bed for an edible queen

she covers herself in vinaigrette

and slips right in between

Oh what a lady!

The light was shady

her eyes were like a fishes

her dress was pretty thin and hazy

Reviews

[JP thinks the WC is apt..]

Hi Nathan, thanks for letting me know about your contest. It's right up my street, as is this wonderfully bonkers poem. The image of an ear filled with butter is quite stomach-turning and all your images seem to fit.

I wrote something very similar not so long ago - a food-related bit of nonsense - but it was wiped out when the site was trashed and I never back-up anything. Still, it's fun rebuilding. Good to meet another fan of the surreal - a lot of peole here seem to think of it as trivial and unimportant.

Thanks for the review and the comp invite. James

[Bluet_Belle]

your words are amazingly... amazing:P

Really, your wording and your take on things is Lennonesque but in a totally different way... its like... similar but an entirely different thing alltogeather:P

This is a neat little write:P rather tasty:P

[Jennifer]

I'm intrigued, I like it, makes me want some salad

[Jacqueline]

O-k, this was the born from one hell of a Harvey Wallbanger (or 5!) It's hard to critique, so all I can say is that it gave me a good chuckle as well as left me looking at my computer screen with Scooby Doo wonder! Lol! This was off the wall ;-)

[Emily B]

You write the best nonsense I know. I love this.