juggle jungle

juggle jungle
by Meghan Tennison

make up your mind, mindless mindreader
wake up your kindness mr highness
chatter-toothed skinchew cunning tonguetie
thick hide hiding all harm done

face fume hot head heat rash
trashed armoire,
trashy flashy memoirs
firecracker fire-escapee
storm-scented funny fight for
forceful focus

sleepy sunlight ablaze with bliss
rock/a/bye boat race
erased non-fiction fantasy
remember now,
rapture runs dry in this well of wishes

freedom flies, fast, past
frazzled faces & stolen spaces
fence-sitting, facing the
forgotten recluse and his reckless, risky
replaceable reputation

cunning darkness devours last lost radio signals
while hosted hotspots welcome warm rain
i could go on and on forever
carnival kissing, kicking like
cranky ponies misguided
dressed disastrous
disguised disgust

bothered final offer
short-selling packaged passion
surprising misunderstanding mistranslating
scary charms, starry sweat and
weary-eyed wary sighs

empty bottle battle songs
head creak, bone snap
stopped steps stoop
staring slowly
weakly apologizing
sorry stillness sinks
seeping poisonous properties
this recipe reeks
with righteous rage