We all sat round a table, <br />we were a motley crew, <br />WHAHAHA and 'Ain't it cute? ' <br />and she and me and you. <br /> <br />WHAHAHA told a story, <br />it had us all in tears, <br />about some crazy, breaking in, <br />to steal his thousand fears. <br /> <br />'Ain't it...' not to be outdone <br />belaboured a fantasy, <br />in which she scattered fairy-dust <br />to set far oceans free. <br /> <br />We all partook the pleasure, <br />our palms spread to the fun, <br />like family round a camp-fire <br />when all is said, done. <br /> <br />Round and round we storied <br />till our tales were in a spin, <br />not feeling a chill was in the room <br />and darkness crowding in, <br /> <br />that goblins round the basket <br />were feeding on our crumbs <br />and bidding for the bestest, <br />a festivity of bums. <br /> <br />The highest of them joined us, <br />so smitten we were by then. <br />He dazzled us with mirrors <br />then slipped his easy pen <br /> <br />into the magic mirror, <br />slipped us an easy line... <br />about some rat saving some feline <br />by nibbling on the twine <br /> <br />caught choking round her collar: <br />NOBLE rodent, BLESSED cat...! <br />A thousand goblins snickered, <br />their wallets growing fat <br /> <br />while another awful presence <br />beyond the dear rainbow, <br />came summoning the best of us <br />into his awful glow... <br /> <br />No missing link to slow us, <br />we sipped the lazy wine. <br />Tall tales trumped each blessing <br />with a pixellated shine. <br /> <br />We piled story onto story, <br />his highness pulling strings. <br />The feeders grubbed, their masters <br />blackening shadows in the wings. <br /> <br />Our host sat bathed in honey <br />in which gold bees were snuffed, <br />gambling on a true, sad fire. <br />His guests were truly stuffed. <br /> <br />We'd sold our dreams, the sadness <br />possessed us, like a gun. <br />Only WHAHAHA and 'Ain't it cute? ' <br />begged for another one.<br /><br />John Garth Raubenheimer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-fish-fled-the-scene/
