11-27-2010, 11:52 AM
Yellow and green; I was surprised at
how much it looked like a pill,
nestled inside the plastic cradle,
a tiny hors d'oeuvre for the teenage newbie.
How modern I felt to be offered Prozac!
Then this derivative, with a name I can't pronounce.
I'm just a little Englander, attending a feast
beyond my palette's comprehension.
Dropped in a crinkled paper bag,
paid for like a takeout meal,
I downed the first one with a swig of Pepsi,
and now they're on my CD shelf.
how much it looked like a pill,
nestled inside the plastic cradle,
a tiny hors d'oeuvre for the teenage newbie.
How modern I felt to be offered Prozac!
Then this derivative, with a name I can't pronounce.
I'm just a little Englander, attending a feast
beyond my palette's comprehension.
Dropped in a crinkled paper bag,
paid for like a takeout meal,
I downed the first one with a swig of Pepsi,
and now they're on my CD shelf.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe