Exploding Plastic Owl Surazeus Seattle 1990 11 10 Exploding plastic owl tells time by clicks its teeth make on a comb that untangles sea waves. Black beetle gallops across sea blue table that floats in yellow room. Only when she opens eyes does face of Helen in flesh as dolphins leaping in sea appear and disappear and appear. She forgot to throw frog against wall of anger so now he lives in her radio. Body of a sleep dreamer shifts and writhes under quilt. Some man with polka dot tie winds up clock of her eyes and fine-tunes her twanging nerves. But when he sits in her chair it folds and swallows his spine. Dancing poplar tree licks at stars with its tongue and tickles ice-ear instead. Old man on park bench with plastic owl in his pocket mumbles to himself a song he heard a neighbor girl sing as she flew over gravel pit. Empty shoes climb stairs. Old man waits on a bench weaving a frayed tweed jacket. He mumbles a song under his breath about empty shoes climbing stairs and painters who shot themselves. I could do anything I wanted. Little boy sets a time bomb under planks of his park bench. When old man hears ticking he panics and stays glued to his seat. Speeding car becomes a horse. It fights a rope tying it to a tree. Rope snaps and wild horse leaps over his bright bald head. Sharp hoof crushes his skull like a rotting egg in a cup board. Garbage collector and his daughter wrap his body in tight cheese cloth and bury him under a brick court yard. Dandelions crack brick patio. Green sun stares at ruins of bomb-blasted walls and trucks. Little boy hides behind a brick pile and watches girl petting a kitten. Her mother cooks stew over a fire blooming like a rose on dirty snow. A jeep loaded with water jugs bounces over sun-caked street lumps spilling water on their heads.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 01:40:16 +0000
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