Some Absurdist Poems

Dickinson-Monroe: An Unlikely Friendship

If you knew me then,
Emily, with my sexy white dress
and striking blonde hair
would you have approved
would you have secretly wished
your company was as wanted
as mine was

If you knew me then,
Marilyn, with my plain white dress
and insular existence
would you have envied
my apparent loneliness
would you have visited
if you thought my calm
would be as upset as yours

could Amherst be
our secret place
to hide away
from fame
for us to touch
the other's face
in reassurance
that the World
doesn't know us at all

ltv



An Average Relationship

ugly
and embarrassed
to be seen
the Zombie
locked itself
into the bathroom

the Unicorn
tapped, tapped
unsuccessfully
with its horn
on the hollow-core door

the Zombie's
muffled sobs
only got louder
when the Unicorn
tried You're beautiful to me
which had worked
on previous occasions

only after
the Unicorn had trotted
into the forest to do its business
did the Zombie emerge
triumphant in its despondence
at being abandoned by its lover

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Slumming

explosions of quiet
erupted through
the celebrating crowd
until not a sound
could be heard
in Times Square

it was 12.02am
and the residents
of the Americas
were just now
discovering
that alien life forms
really existed
and what is more
they had come visiting
unexpectedly

which is not exactly
the best first impression
to give a potential neighbor
but then, the Earthlings didn't
know yet that Jupiter --
having been on the market
for far too long --
had finally sold
to the nomadic race
of hydrogen-based life forms
from the posh
Horsehead Nebula

ltv