FLASHER FRIGHT <br /> <br />Flasher...flashes her. <br />She laughs...sprays him in the face <br />with a can of mace. <br /> <br />Whips out her Blackberry... <br />dials 999: flasher – gone! <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br /> <br />A LOAD OF BALLS <br /> <br />Helium balloons <br />escape her tiny hand & <br />leap to the skies <br />looking like Nelson’s balls <br />floating free from his statue. <br /> <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br /> <br />RAPE & BONDAGE <br /> <br />Female friends chatting <br />about where they had conceived. <br />“Mmmmm...immaculate <br />in a field of yellow rape! ” <br />“Mmmmm...bondage session! ” <br /> <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />LA LUNA <br /> <br />The moon stares at you. <br />You gaze back – not seeing it. <br />Naked in its light. <br /> <br />“Ahhhh...my little sleepwalker <br />lost now in a world...of your own. <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />JESUS SAVES <br /> <br />“Jesus saves! ” tramp says <br />everyday like a mantra <br />as she passes by. <br /> <br />Dives in front of squealing car... <br />...saves her child. Smiles: “Jesus saves! ” <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />JOURNEY’S END <br /> <br />Gnat whines furiously <br />as it flies over Fuji <br />outlined against sky. <br /> <br />But that is as far as it goes <br />squashed now on travel poster. <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />THE THEM OF US...THE US OF THEM <br /> <br />Particularly <br />happy today the flowers <br />as they bathe in bright <br />sunshine. Even the humans <br />putting down roots...just like them. <br /> <br />******** <br /> <br />GOING DOWN! <br /> <br />Heavy wood pigeon <br />lands on tallest branch of tree <br />that bends before it. <br />Branch descends as if it is <br />taking lift down to: “Grass floor! ”<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/odds-of-sods-tankas/
