Fauxku Choo Choo (the play's the thing)

[bena]

I'm no saint
I don't care which man calls;
Christopher, Anthony, anyone at all
as long as he has balls

Once I get him
tied to the bed
I'll take his wallet
and bash his head. (wait...did I just rhyme? --I blame merc)

[Tiger the Lion]

Once I get him 
tied to the bed
I'll take his wallet
and bash his head.


My head is throbbing
my wallet is gone
wild night in Benaville
she showed me the ropes.

[bena]

My head is throbbing
my wallet is gone
wild night in Benaville
she showed me the ropes.

Benaville moved overnight
went home and found
empty dressers

[rayheinrich]

Benaville moved overnight
went home and found
empty dressers

Her empty dressers
My empty drawers
Bena got mine
I guess she got yours



Yes, I was right, the quality of our verse undeniably demands a forum
commensurate with its stature; not the demeaning "Poerty for Fun".
Let the renga continue, Bashō would be proud.

[just mercedes]

Her empty dressers
My empty drawers
Bena got mine
I guess she got yours

He hides your drawers in
a drawer in his desk.
When he used to wear them
he felt empty.

[ambrosial revelation]

He hides your drawers in
a drawer in his desk.
When he used to wear them
he felt empty.

"A woman is like a dresser
some man always ramblin' th'ough its drawers
she cause so many men
wear an apron overhall"*

*stolen "borrowed" word for word from the Robert Johnson song "Four 'Til Late"

[rayheinrich]

"A woman is like a dresser
some man always ramblin' th'ough her drawers
she cause so many men
wear an apron overhall"*


Her dresser waiting to be emptied -
death
so many metaphors

[Leanne]

Her dresser waiting to be emptied -
death
so many metaphors

No objection
or protection:
withdrawn

[billy]

No objection
or protection:
withdrawn

with objection
protection
a cherry blossom

[ChristopherSea]

with objection
protection
a cherry blossom

Cherry blossoms
leap upon nascent blades
of Kentucky Blue

[bena]

Cherry blossoms
leap upon nascent blades
of Kentucky Blue

boughs now budding
with new leaves
deciduous puberty

[RiverNotch]

boughs now budding
with new leaves
deciduous puberty

Spring is in the heart--
as in, there's a good bit of vegetation
clogging your mitral valve.

[rayheinrich]

Spring is in the heart--
as in, there's a good bit of vegetation
clogging your mitral valve




winter
breaks our heart
and spring
repairs it

[rayheinrich]

after the bumps in the road
it's the time
to repair your springs


the potholes of winter
denied
by the passion of spring's
shocks*



*Short for "shock absorbers"... and just in case you've always wanted to know more:

Shock absorber: A device on a vehicle, especially a car or an aircraft, which reduces the effects of travelling over rough ground or helps it to land more smoothly.

from wiki:

A shock absorber (in reality, a shock "damper") is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses. It does this by converting the kinetic energy of the shock into another form of energy (typically heat) which is then dissipated. A shock absorber is a type of dashpot.

Pneumatic and hydraulic shock absorbers are used in conjunction with cushions and springs. An automobile shock absorber contains spring-loaded check valves and orifices to control the flow of oil through an internal piston

In a vehicle, shock absorbers reduce the effect of traveling over rough ground, leading to improved ride quality and vehicle handling. While shock absorbers serve the purpose of limiting excessive suspension movement, their intended sole purpose is to damp spring oscillations. Shock absorbers use valving of oil and gasses to absorb excess energy from the springs. Spring rates are chosen by the manufacturer based on the weight of the vehicle, loaded and unloaded. Some people use shocks to modify spring rates but this is not the correct use. Along with hysteresis in the tire itself, they damp the energy stored in the motion of the unsprung weight up and down. Effective wheel bounce damping may require tuning shocks to an optimal resistance.

Spring-based shock absorbers commonly use coil springs or leaf springs, though torsion bars are used in torsional shocks as well. Ideal springs alone, however, are not shock absorbers, as springs only store and do not dissipate or absorb energy. Vehicles typically employ both hydraulic shock absorbers and springs or torsion bars. In this combination, "shock absorber" refers specifically to the hydraulic piston that absorbs and dissipates vibration.

The wiki, of course, has much more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_absorber

And if you're still reading this (what a sad little life you must lead) here's this:
I have changed shock absorbers since I was a wee lad (12 years with dad's help) .
I started with our family's cars and continued with mine. In these last years, they
seem to have grown quite expensive (though, maybe, it's the lack of money that
makes this seem so). This lack of money has forced a tiny bit of wisdom upon me
(i.e. I've joined the real world);  the result of which has brought me to the realization
that one doesn't need shock absorbers if one doesn't drive over rough ground (or one
drives very, very slowly). This, my more learned mechanic friends advise me, is trading
a horse for a lizard (while their ability to repair of cars is exquisite, their ability to
choose metaphors is somewhat less so).

But I must cling to my fantasies... they are all that's left of my world (typical writer
hyperbole, as who is wealthier than one who lives with 9 cats?) .

[ellajam]

the potholes of winter
denied
by the passion of spring's
shocks


Once the plows have ripped up every block
the repair crews are put on the clock.
What were holes are now bumps
and my bank account slumps,
the repair bills have put it in shock.

[rayheinrich]

it was a shock
to my synapses
the winged messenger


the Minions of Satan
in their NAZI Volkswagens
crushed by the Winged Messengers of God
in their Merkava main battle tanks

[bena]

the Minions of Satan
in their NAZI Volkswagens
crushed by the Winged Messengers of God
in their Merkava main battle tanks

It was a day of infamy
the angels now walk among us
begging for wine and flat bread.
We call them homeless.

[ambrosial revelation]

It was a day of infamy
the angels now walk among us
begging for wine and flat bread.
We call them homeless.

Until you've experienced
that diary day of despair -
wine tasting clashing with advanced tango
you have not known the blues

[RiverNotch]

Until you've experienced
that diary day of despair -
wine tasting clashing with advanced tango
you have not known the blues

I've never felt blue;
it's always been red or black for me,
since red is a dusk, and black is a night,
but blue is a clear sunny day.

[rayheinrich]

I've never felt blue;
it's always been red or black for me,
since red is a dusk, and black is a night,
but blue is a clear sunny day.


our blood
bright red a week ago -
now black