Nominated for Poet Laureate in 2050
Like the women and the guide
Like the women and the guide.
With a clown full of heaven and salt.
Challenge their concrete,
IN ORDER THAT RUNTY TOWELS AND RUNTY TOWELS
WHICH BUT FEW PAINS FROM THESE PAINS
Even though I DESTROY them with CRAZY tangents.
And groaned; Did it not so stink?
I will define it in the heart,
Hmmm…..
Let’s analyze this short, angry poem.
First, here’s the poem:
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Like the women and the guide.
With a clown full of heaven and salt.
Challenge their concrete,
IN ORDER THAT RUNTY TOWELS AND RUNTY TOWELS
WHICH BUT FEW PAINS FROM THESE PAINS
Even though I DESTROY them with CRAZY tangents.
And groaned; Did it not so stink?
I will define it in the heart,
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NOW!!! I shall break it down:
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Like the women and the guide.
Is this referring to the little, old lady (Let’s call her LOL — which is short for Little Old Lady…) on a tour who had this conversation with the ranger who shall be identified as M&M:
Other Tourist: Has there ever been a cave-in in this part of the cave?
M&M (purring, tongue-in-cheek): Not since yesterday…
LOL (shrieking): !!!!!!! RANGER !!!!!!!
M&M (purring like Mr. Sandman): Yessssssss…?
LOL (whimpering): Oh Ranger, Ranger — If there should be a cave-in, am I insured!?!
M&M (purring): Don’t worry! If there should be a cave-in, you’ll be completely covered…
With a clown full of heaven and salt.
Is the clown named Ronald (Ron, for short), and did he just polish off a HUGE helping of his favorite fast-food place’s heavenly-tasting French fries generously-salted?
Challenge their concrete,
Larry challenged his concrete (fell in his driveway) back in 2014 and ended up with a cute, little cast on his hand and wrist. Poor Baby!
IN ORDER THAT RUNTY TOWELS AND RUNTY TOWELS
Runty towels? Must mean those paper towels that have the option of extra dotted lines so that you can better choose your towel size, and a runty towel is the smallest size available by separating on the dotted line. A runty towel and a runty towel could have stayed connected to form a whole towel. “RUNTY TOWELS AND RUNTY TOWELS” might suggest that at least one roll of paper towels has been taken apart at every single dotted line right down to the core…
WHICH BUT FEW PAINS FROM THESE PAINS
Pains from pains sound like your pains are having pains — meaning that it might be time to get your carcass to the nearest ER!!!
Even though I DESTROY them with CRAZY tangents.
DESTROY!?! Why, I thought my going off on tangents only BORED certain people — or so they said when they were trying to prove that I was CRAZY. Actually, no need to have to PROVE it, because I OWN “CRAZY” and wear it proudly!!!
And groaned; Did it not so stink?
NO! My tangents don’t stink!! They’re BRILLIANT!!!
I will define it in the heart,
You betcha bacon I will!!!
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Here’s the message that this poem seems to be sending:
I’m very sore for some reason, so what I need to do is to invite the other tourist; the little, old lady; M&M, Ron, & Larry over to my place to eat some yummy, salted French fries from Micky D’s, and we can all sit around and pull apart the segments of rolls of paper towels while I tell a story that trails off into another story that trails off into another story that trails off into another story that trails off into another story…
(background music for this drama: Laurel & Hardy’s Dance of the Cuckoos)…
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