Creative ADDers
MIND AT WORK
By Natalie Catania
BEYOND THE HOLLOWS OF
TEABAGS AND TOENAILS
SAFETY PINS AND STAPLERS
A HILL OF KIWI FRUIT
STOOD IN THE DISTANCE
HIGH ABOVE THE KNIGHTS
OF ARMORED SPLENDOR
WHILE WINGED CHARIOTS
RACE THROUGH THE RAINFOREST
OF UNKNOWN MYSTERY OF
CURES AND LEAVES
AND THE MAN WITH A
TERIYAKI FLAVORED BONE
THROUGH HIS NOSTRIL
TO THE RIGHT
READS SHAKESPEARE ABOARD
A STICK OF SONGBIRDS SINGING
ABOUT THE QUEEN'S TATTOO
AND HER DAUGHTER...
THE TATTOO LADY
OF EXQUISITE CUISINE AND
WHO EATS SQUID AND COCOA PUFFS
WHILE CHEWING TOBACCO
THAT SMELLS LIKE FINE MINT
YET TASTES LIKE FINE DUMPLINGS
WHICH SPITS JUICE AND
MAKES YOU SPIN...
GO FIGURE A FIGURE
OF PNEUMONIC PROPORTIONS
THAT CONFUSES AND DISEASES
THE MIND TO MAKE FAKE
PROMISES AND BLOWS THE EGO
TO THE COVES OF DESPAIR...
FOR GESTALT IS MERELY A
SEVEN LETTER WORD HELD TOGETHER
WITH SPIT AND FIRE TO MAKE WHOLE
WHILE NO WHOLE IS A HALF
NOR A HALF A WHOLE
FOR EVERY PART IS ITS
OWN WHOLE NO MATTER ITS SIZE
OR PROPORTIONS AS...
THE GUN RISES AND HIS BLUE EYES
CRY IN WORTHLESSNESS KNOWLEDGE
ONLY TO MAKE COFFEE AND READ STORIES
OF ENDLESS SENTENCES
OF AIRBORNE PROPHECIES
TO ENUNCIATE OF SYLLABLES
OF LIFE'S LITTLE HARDSHIPS
OF MONEY AND LOVE
DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE
MONEY AND DIVORCE
AND THE LITTLE MAN
IN THE CELLAR ASKS FOR MORE WINE
AS HE PLAYS DOMINOS WITH
THE PINK-EYED PORPOISE
OF REGRET AND PLEASURE
TO ENTERTAIN ONLY WHEN
THE TIME IS RIGHT
AND WE CAN ALL PLAY
JUMPROPE WHILE WE
HAVE A TEMPORARY LULL
IN THE COMA OF MIND'S EYE
AS WE GET TO KNOW OURSELVES
AND OUR SELF-
WHILE WE LOOK TO THE STARS
AND ARE CENTERED FOR LIFE!
