Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Goodnight Kitty

Excuse me.
Please lie down on this plate.
I will watch over you while you sleep.
If anything happens, just jump inside my mouth.
I will rock you on my big pink tongue.
Wear these bread pyjamas.
Just trust me.

Believe me,
despite our differences,
I am here to protect and serve you.
Say goodnight to the cameras, it's past your bedtime.
Goodnight stars, pop-popping in the street.
Goodnight moon, goodnight air.
Kitty's here.
Kitty cares.
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for the real toads mini challenge. my absurdist take on the nauseating, paternalistic, entitled, baffle 'em with bullshit, tone deaf authorities in Missouri, USA.

apologies to Margaret Wise Brown, author of the beautiful and beloved children's book "Goodnight, Moon".

 


 
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15 comments:

  1. humbirdAugust 17, 2014 at 5:20 PM

    'If anything happens, just jump inside my mouth.' ~ Love it!

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  2. Sioux RoslawskiAugust 17, 2014 at 6:47 PM

    Bread pyjamas? Thanks. I needed a reason to wryly smile for a moment.

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  3. SusanAugust 17, 2014 at 11:45 PM

    And here we have the never ending story of the crocodile carrying the little rabbits across the river. So unfair to put such beauty and strength on the plate, lured by the siren's voice of safety. And so it is. Good, heart-breaking poem.

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  4. Sumana RoyAugust 18, 2014 at 12:03 AM

    thanks for the note too otherwise I couldn't have connected it to the shameful incident...heartbreaking indeed...

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  5. MarianAugust 18, 2014 at 7:01 AM

    protect and serve, my ass.

    this actually brought up Runaway Bunny a little more than Goodnight Moon, for me. but, splitting hares :)

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  6. brudbergAugust 18, 2014 at 9:20 AM

    Somehow I guess if someone says lay down on this plate.. there's a reason to not trust that soft fur... there are sharp claws inside that fur...

    much like the scorpion Kitty has her nature..

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  7. brudbergAugust 18, 2014 at 9:20 AM

    Somehow I guess if someone says lay down on this plate.. there's a reason to not trust that soft fur... there are sharp claws inside that fur...

    much like the scorpion Kitty has her nature..

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  8. Kerry O'ConnorAugust 18, 2014 at 10:09 AM

    Love the kitty, love the bunny.. and the words between the two pics alternately lull and bite! The form behaves like putty in your hands.

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  9. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 18, 2014 at 1:12 PM

    Love those bunnies! LOVE your biting commentary on the events in Missouri. "Wear these bread pajamas" is brilliant. How do you do it?

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  10. HelenAugust 18, 2014 at 1:29 PM

    Woondogger on toast anyone? Meow.

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  11. G-ManAugust 18, 2014 at 3:10 PM

    Open wide, say Ahhhh.

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  12. hedgewitchAugust 18, 2014 at 3:17 PM

    Allegorically satisfying and delicious, too, despite the heartburn aftertaste--now we have the the national Guard--it really is the Return of the Sixties.

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  13. Other MaryAugust 18, 2014 at 3:44 PM

    Oh my, that's wonderful! Why do I always fall for that?

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  14. Maude LynnAugust 19, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    Exactly.

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  15. SaraAugust 20, 2014 at 3:01 PM

    It does read like a fable. They used to scare me when I was a kid. As in life, good things didn't always happen in fables.

    I went to the mini-challenge. OMG, I must admit I'm impressed with how you wrote the Triquain. That's hard to do!

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