WHIMSY

I Love You

We make plans. I don’t always, but I do have a routine – dogs like to be fed. Sometimes I do things because it’s required and there’s a deadline and I can only wait so long to get things done. Seriousness – I have too much of that. I was a very serious child who grew into a very serious adult. Whimsy is also part of my life – conversations with my dogs, putting words in their mouths and just being silly. This poem is whimsy (written by me years ago) and definitely I need some whimsy today. Enjoy.

RAPSCALLIONS

Let's confabulate

with a quadrumvirate

though you may get addle-

brained with this prattle:

oblivious bumblebees,

conspicuous velocipedes.

Don’t be wishy-washy,

eat your chicory,

cilantro and melarancio,

merengue with muchachos,

never mind the tarantula

or the stained taffeta

vanish the kahuna

with radish and arugula.

ART: LJ Austin “The Yellow Gown” 2018