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Saturday, April 03, 2010

Rainbow Abduction

There's a temperamental rainbow
he's seen, peeking out now and again, when
not shyly hid in cumulus cubbies.

He might, he can, win a sparkly trust,
luring it to him, between rainy bouts,
with promises of mood-altering

medication. Then, clapped with a lightning
clout, he'll stuff it in ten-gallon tubs
to struggle, bawl, and futilely fill

his deviant's plan. For in that muffle
of tinted pleas, its droppered breath will
condense against lids clamped-down tight,

and bottoms can collect sunny flavors
he needs to slather on the lolling
tongue of his too humdrum day-to-day.



This is the third day of NaPoWriMo. The ReadWritePoem.org prompt for today is to write about your fears. Well, who isn't afraid of rainbow abduction?

7 comments:

Kay Tracy said...

This is nice! I love the imagery; the use of language! "For in that muffle / of tinted pleas, its droppered breath..." is very good. It will be fun following the NaPoWriMo with you!

Anonymous said...

A lot of vivid imagery and wonderful assonance/consonance throughout.

one more believer said...

beautiful... the sight of a rainbow shall never be the same... in posse

Francis Scudellari said...

@Kay Thank you. I look forward to following along with you too.

@Poemblaze I'm glad the sounds came through. The poem-a-day deadline is definitely challenging.

@OneMore I hope it doesn't spoil rainbows for you.

Wayne Pitchko said...

nice one Francis...for sure nice imagery....thanks for sharing this

Unknown said...

Lots of colourful phrasing, Francis!

Francis Scudellari said...

Thanks Wayne and Derrick. I really appreciate the feedback.