Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams

February 2, 2012 — adult diapers, Big Red, child support, critics, depends, dodge ball, flamingo, frisbee, pink flamingo, radio flyer, resentment, rosebush, spit, sweat, urine, vodka, wheelbarrow, white chickens, white critics, William carlos williams

what is a blog without poetry?

Theme:

so much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow

–

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens.

.

-1-

 so important

is

a red radio

flyer

–

crusted with mud

and rust

nearby the pink

flamingos

.

-2-

it really matters

when

a red nerf

ball

–

soaked with toddler

spit

is lost in the white

rosebush

.

 

-3-

so pretty

is

a red

frisbee

–

glistened with sweat

flung into

the white

cherry blossoms

.

 

-4-

your child support

depends

on a red

bank check

–

scribbled in

resentment

inside a white

envelope

.

 

-5-

you need Depends

when

a Big Red sipped

in leisure

–

makes you

pee

your white

pants

.

 

-6-

so little depends

on

a red

proboscis

–

swollen by vodka

blown

with a white

tissue

.

 

-7-

who cares

when

a red

dodge ball

–

smelling of spit

and sweat

hits you right

in the breadbasket

.

 

-8-

it never

ends;

the red

variations

–

both silly

and somewhat clever

posted relentlessly

on wordpress

.

 

-9-

william carlos williams

was

read

by many

–

so obvious

his observations

so acclaimed

by white critics

.

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